Describe the role of the brain in our behavior, being sure to identify specific examples of how various structures of the brain affect behavior and/or cognition.

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--Describe the role of the brain in our behavior, being sure to identify specific examples of how various structures of the brain affect behavior and/or cognition.

--Explain how your behavior may be influenced by hormones and chemicals (of the various glands) in the nervous system?

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Neuropsychology is the branch that studies the cognitive processes of a human brain and how it is related to his behavior. The nervous system is responsible for regulating all the behaviors of a person.

The nervous system is the complex network of nerves and cells in human body, its primary function is to control and coordinate functions of all other systems in body. The nerve cells carries out the information to and from the various parts of the body to the brain and spinal cord. The nervous system consists of the central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral nervous system (PNS). 

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