The chapter that stuck out to me as fascinating and interesting was the Biological Perspective. As a biology major, it was fascinating how the structure of the neuron generates electrical impulses down its axon and to other cells. Also, I found it intriguing how neurotransmitters can alter our mood or help us move. For example, I have friends and family that suffer from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and I understand that antidepressants such as SSRIs help people with depression. I understand that these people have serotonin in their synaptic clefts, but is rapidly taken up by synaptic vesicles. So in response for there not being enough serotonin in their synaptic clefts, they take antidepressants to prevent the serotonin that they make from
