PSYC 221 Lecture 2: Brain

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 221
• Professor: Caitlyn Mc Coleman

Document Summary

Lecture 2 brain: overview of the brain structure, searching for brain location of mental processes, the brain"s neural "electricity, blood flow indicates brain location of mental processes, creating virtual lesions with tms. Part one: overview of the brain structure: frontal: decision making, planning, goals. Prefrontal related to consciousness: parietal lobe: attentional processes; touch temporal: hearing, visual etc, occipital: visual. France gall: - explained why our cortex crumpled up, bump are gyri; grooves - sulcus: white matter - neuro conduction and grey matter - body of neurons, phrenology. Karl lashley: - look for memory area in the brain lesion method. Part 2: searching for brain location of mental processes. Part 3: the brain"s neural "electricity: luigi galvani: electricity in the brain. Neurons not discovered yet: cajal: studies how nerve work, synapse, chemical - neurotransmitters, dendrites, axon, microstimulation, modern lesion method: chemical deactivation. Part 4: blood flow indicates brain location of mental processes.