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1.3 Biopsychology

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A person has damage to sensory neurons in one hand, but their relay and motor neurons remain intact. Use your knowledge of sensory, relay and motor neurons to explain how this damage could affect the person's response after touching a hot surface.

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1.3 Biopsychology Questions

  1. IGCSE
  2. /Psychology
  3. /1.3 Biopsychology

88 exam-style questions on Oxford AQA IGCSE Psychology 1.3 Biopsychology, covering 1.3.1 Divisions of the nervous system, 1.3.2 The endocrine system, 1.3.3 Autonomic nervous system and fight or flight, 1.3.4 James-Lange theory of emotion, 1.3.5 Structure and function of neurons, 1.3.6 Synaptic transmission, 1.3.7 Hebb's theory of learning, 1.3.8 Brain structure, 1.3.9 Localisation of function in the brain, 1.3.10 Penfield's study of the interpretive cortex, 1.3.11 Cognitive neuroscience, 1.3.12 Brain scanning techniques, 1.3.13 Tulving's 'gold' memory study, and 1.3.14 Effects of neurological damage. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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