aqa a level BIOPSYCHOLOGY revision notes

all the content you need to get high grades in the biopsychology section of the AQA A-Level in psychology
this is written by a A* student who used these notes alongside many past paper questions
these notes include both the required amount needed for a01 and detailed evaluation for a03
notes for-

• organisation of the nervous system and functions
• endocrine system- glands and hormones
• fight or flight response
• neurons- structure of motor, sensory and relay, electric transmission
• synaptic transmission- neurotransmitters, excitation, inhibition, summation
• localisation
• lateralisation- sperrys research
• plasticity- synaptic reweighting, creating new synapses, synaptic pruning
• functional recovery after trauma- neuronal unmasking, axonal sprouting, recruitment of homologous areas
• ways of studying the brain- fMRI, EEG, ERPs, post mortem (detailed evaluation of each method)
• biological rhythms- circadian (endogenous pacemakers and exogenous zeitgebers), infradian, ultradian