Introduction to the brain- continued

Backround - The Brain Revolution

The Revolution in brain research gave rise to the field
of Neuroscience, pushing out Psychology and other
allied mental research fields. Neuroscience studies the nervous
system, using scientific methods only.
The field includes the brain's structure and function,
evolutionary history, development, genetics, biochemistry,
physiology, pharmacology, and pathology.

Although traditionally seen as a branch of biology,
a surge of interest from several allied disciplines,
(including cognitive psychology and neuro-psychology,
statistics, computer science and medicine) broadened it
to include practically every scientific experimental
research of the central and peripheral nervous
systems (CNS,PNS) in organisms. What was once a sub-field
of biological studies is now an interdisciplinary integrated
field of research. The methods employed by neuroscientists
have been vastly broadened, from genetic analysis of
dynamics of particular neurons to imaging representations
of perceptual tasks,(Using EEG, PET and FMRI scanners) and etc.

Neuroscience frontiers the investigation of brain
function at all levels. Brain research is now considered
as the cutting edge field in understanding how we interact
with reality, creating our own experience and perception.
Neuroscience investigates functions such as learning, memory
emotion, decision making, dreaming and more.

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