L33 Psych 100B Study Guide - Final Guide: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Basic Life Support, Hindbrain
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fmri: more recent advance, allows for very good resolution of different brain areas. Lesion studies (a case study special case, cannot generalize: any abnormality in the tissue of an organism, usually caused by disease or trauma, logic behind lesion studies. Limitations: it"s not the only part that is crucial to the function, other parts may be too. Naturally occurring damage: stroke, injury, function vs. dis-function. Organization of the brain: 3 major areas. Forebrain most recently evolved: general principles. Oldest areas control more basic life support functions. More recently evolved control higher level functions. Neurons close to one another tend to control similar functions. Hindbrain: brainstem basic life support function. Should be high-level function, but this has high amount of activity during a memory experiment, still don"t know why: case of terry shivo and brain death. Was able to maintain basic life support, but not anything else.
