Informed Participants must be given adequate information about nature of the study what the results will be used for consent – details of the processes involved in the study. procedures the rights of the participants re withdrawal, confidentiality, debriefing, – dangers etc. the potential risks involved for the participants Withdrawal Participants are entitled to leave the study at any time during the conduct of the study. rights Participants may withdraw their results from the study at any time following the completion of the study. This should be explained to them prior to the commencement of the study. Use of deception Deception is allowed when The ethics committee has given permission for deception in research to be in research used the is such that the deception is warranted. value of the research Appropriate debriefing procedures are in place to ensure that no lasting psychological or physiological harm to participants occurs Debriefing Subjects are debriefed at the conclusion of the experiment (not before or during) Done to prevent psychological/ physiological harm to participants Providing the participants with information about the nature & reason for any deception that was used Corrects mistaken attitudes & beliefs about the research Used to minimise (or extinguish) any negative consequences that participants might have suffered The neural basis of Memory formation Neurons are the core components of the nervous system, a neuron is an electrically excitable cell that processes and transmits information by electrical and chemical signaling. Neurons are capable of a change in their function which enables The neuron in – memory formation storage of newly learned information occurs via 2 interdependent processes (not independent) An increase in the amount of neurotransmitters produced (& released) The role of Neurotransmitters in by the presynaptic neuron memory formation Greater effects of neurotransmitter at its receptor sites of the post synaptic neuron (thus the receptors are more sensitive to incoming messages in the form of the neurotransmitters from the axon terminals of the presynaptic neuron.
Informed consent procedures Participants must be given adequate information about nature of the study – what the results will be used for details of the processes involved in the study. the rights of the participants – re withdrawal, confidentiality, debriefing, dangers etc. the potential risks involved for the participants Withdrawal rights Participants are entitled to leave the study at any time during the conduct of the study. Participants may withdraw their results from the study at any time following the completion of the study. This should be explained to them prior to the commencement of the study. Use of deception in research Deception is allowed when The ethics committee has given permission for deception in research to be used the value of the research is such that the deception is warranted. Appropriate debriefing procedures are in place to ensure that no lasting psychological or physiological harm to participants occurs Debriefing Subjects are debriefed at the conclusion of the experiment (not before or during) Done to prevent psychological/ physiological harm to participants Providing the participants with information about the nature & reason for any deception that was used Corrects mistaken attitudes & beliefs about the research Used to minimise (or extinguish) any negative consequences that participants might have suffered The neural basis of Memory formation Neurons are the core components of the nervous system, a neuron is an electrically excitable cell that processes and transmits information by electrical and chemical signaling. The neuron in memory formation Neurons are capable of a change in their function – which enables storage of newly learned information occurs via 2 interdependent processes (not independent) The role of Neurotransmitters in memory formation An increase in the amount of neurotransmitters produced (& released) by the presynaptic neuron Greater effects of neurotransmitter at its receptor sites of the post synaptic neuron (thus the receptors are more sensitive to incoming messages in the form of the neurotransmitters from the axon terminals of the presynaptic neuron.
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