Neural explanations

• What are neural explanations

  the idea that physical and psychological characteristics are determined by the behaviour of the nervous system
• what happens with low levels of serotonin?

  • normal transmission of mood-relevant information does not take place.
  • mood is affected
• what may some cases of OCD be explained by?

  reduction in the functioning of the serotonin system
• what case of OCD is particularly associated with impaired decision making?

  hoarding disorder
• what 2 things function abnormally in OCD?

  • frontal lobe
  • left parahippocampal gyrus
• what is the frontal lobe responsible for?

  logical thinking and making decisions
• what is the parahippocamal gyrus associated with?

  processing unpleasant emotions