Neuroscience Define heritability
Neuroscience Define heritability
1. You must write a thread in response to the provided prompt; your initial thread musts be 250 to 300 words in length
2. use in-text citations in APA format to support your assertions.
3. Make sure you draw upon course content from this week to support your comments.
4. Thread: Drawing upon your reading and course material, choose one of the prompts provided directly below and respond appropriately. The goal of this discussion is for you and your peers to review the history of neuroscience and the neuropsychology of psychological disorders. Be sure to support your assertions with in-text citations in current APA format.
Rosa Hoekstra and her colleagues (2007, p. 372) reported that “individual differences in endorsement on autistic traits show substantial heritability (57%).” Define heritability, and discuss the proper use of the concept and the implications of Hoekstra et al.’s statement.
Summarize the major events that occur in synaptogenesis.
What is a “Hebb synapse,” and how does this concept help us understand the segregation between input from each eye in the lateral geniculate nucleus of the adult animal?
5. Materias:
-Textbook: Discovering Behavioral Neuroscience: An Introduction to Biological Psychology by Laura Freberg