What is there?
Neurons, tissue, pathways and anatomical landmarks.
LEARNING UNIT 3 · 10-HOUR SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL · NO LOGIN
How does the brain
produce cognitive behaviour?
Start with a neuron, scale up to brain networks, follow the physiology, then ask what our measurement tools actually allow us to conclude.
2 hNeurons & communication
2 hBrain anatomy
3 h + 3 hPhysiology + neuroimaging
THE LU3 SCALE-UP
NEURON
↓
NETWORKregions + pathways
↓
PHYSIOLOGYelectrical + chemical signalling
↓
MEASUREMENT → EVIDENCE → INTERPRETATIONMRI · fMRI · EEG/ERP · PET
THE CENTRAL SCIENTIFIC RULE
Measure the signal you actually have—not the claim you wish you had
What happens?
Electrical events, synaptic transmission, coordinated activity and behaviour.
What can the method justify?
Association is not causation, and a signal is not the same thing as a thought.
OPEN MODULE + PRACTICE
Four segments, one connected nervous system
Every segment preserves the deck's Trigger → Explore → Learn → Apply → Check → Reflect structure.
INTEGRATED CHALLENGE · SLIDE 59
Analyse like a cognitive neuroscientist
Bring together neurons, anatomy, physiology and neuroimaging rather than treating them as separate topics.
CASE
Memory under stress
A student reports poorer memory during a stressful week. A researcher uses fMRI during a memory task and finds altered activity in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex compared with a low-stress session.
Your 4–5 sentence interpretation must include: a cognitive process, two brain regions, what fMRI tells us, and one limitation or alternative explanation.
CAPSTONE · SLIDE 60
Five things you should be able to do before you leave LU3
Explain the route of information through a neuron and across a synapse.
Name several major brain structures and describe broad cognitive roles.
Explain membrane potential, action potentials and synaptic transmission at an introductory level.
Match common neuroimaging methods to suitable research questions.
Distinguish association from causation in brain-imaging findings.
MULTILINGUAL STUDY HELPER
Ask for a simpler explanation
English, Bahasa Malaysia, Simplified Chinese and Tamil. The helper stays within LU3 and keeps evidence claims cautious.
Ask me about neurons, brain anatomy, neural physiology or neuroimaging evidence.
LOCAL PRACTICE
Your four segment-practice scores
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