Video: Techniques to Study the Brain and Behavior. Why do you behave the way you do? Human behavior begins in the brain. To study the brain, psychologists use a variety of tools, like EEG, PET and CAT scans, MRI, DTI, and studying pathology in individuals.
What Are Glial Cells. Glial cells are known by many names-neuroglia or glia to name just a few. In the past, they were sometimes mistaken for brain cells but they're completely different. They're nervous system cells that are found in your brain and spinal cord.
Glia are far from inert interstitial brain cells. Some types of glia are involved in synaptic transmission, which implicates these glial cells in many aspects of learning, memory and other types of information processing; and in nervous system dysfunction, including neurological and psychological disorders.ome glial progenitors can divide and turn into oligodendrocytes, astrocytes, neurons or undifferentiated cells with the potential to generate various types of brain cells. With this capability, glia respond to nervous system injury and disease, and can also replace brain cells lost with age.