2.2

The Nervous System

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Overview of the nervous system

The Central Nervous System (CNS)

The brain

The spinal cord

Spinal reflexes

The Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

1. Somatic Nervous System

2. Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)

Fight-or-flight response

Complete nervous system hierarchy

Neuroplasticity

Brain imaging techniques

Hemispheric specialization (lateralization)

Split-brain research

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