PSYC 311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Superior Frontal Sulcus, Somatotopic Arrangement, Temporal Lobe
8 Jun 2018
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Monday, May 1st, 2017
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PSYC 311
Week 1 Lecture 1: Outline, background Knowledge, Gross Anatomy of the Brain
Outline:
- Neuro anatomy; brain anatomy
- Function: cognition
- Study patients with head damage; and what we learn from that damage
- Language disorder
- Movement disorder: apraxia
- Perception disorder
- Finish off with frontal lobes
Evaluation:
- midterm 30% multiple choices -> May 18th, Thursday
- Final exam 70% multiple choice
- Possibility to join Psychology participant poll: earn extra 1 credit
Not Recorded, no lecture notes (PPT), using a lot of blackboard
- for anatomy part: handout with
Course readings:
- Course pack- available at the McGill Book Store.
- This semester (Summer 2017); changes have been made- new readings added, old
removed. Buy new course pack
o Not going through all the readings in the course pack.
o Will assign reading as we go
- Reading list will be updated daily on MyCourses
Teaching Assistant:
- conferences: Fridays 1:30 to 3:30
- This week: at room N 2/2
o go through what is covered that week
- No office hours during summer term. Email to make an appointment
MyCourses:
- Announcement, important dates
- Conference info
- Share notes
- Interact with your TAs on the Discussion Board
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Background knowledge
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Monday, May 1st, 2017
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- just a brief introduction, not going to be tested since they will be mentioned again in
other lectures
Neuroanatomy and Brian Function
- How function relates to anatomy
- Francis Gall and Phrenology (1800s)
Birth of Neuropsychology
- Pierre Paul Broca- Paris 1861
- A physician who encountered a patient who had had a stroke and was unable to speak.
Naed hi patiet Ta
o Patient only says the ord Ta
- Performed autopsy, found damage to a specific area in LEFT frontal lobe
o Broa’s area
- The first substantial proof that damage to a specific area of the brain causes specific
deficit-> functional localization
- The field took off from this point.
Anatomical Investigations
- At the same time as studying patients with brain damage, scientists were improving
methods for studying the structure of the brain
o The ability to fixate tissue and view it under the microscope in mid- 19th century
o Followed by Cajal’s iproeet of Golgi stai ethod
The Brodmann map
- Korbnian Broadmann, 1909
- The most famous anatomical map of the human brain, still used in research today
- Mapped the entire cerebral cortex based on cell organization, or cytoarchitecture->
brodmann areas
o Cyto: cell architecture: structure
- Mapped brains of other species of mammals
Understanding human brain
- Much of our understanding of the human brain has come from studying natural brain
lesions (stroke, epilepsy, damage)
o Dr. Penfield is the pioneer in human brain research
- Brenda Milner
o Most famous living neuropsychologist
o Was a student of Hebb at McGill
o “tudied Dr. Pefield’s patiet
o Studied patient H.M. -> provided some of the most important discoveries of how
the brain works
▪ Severe epilepsy starting at a young age
▪ Meditatio a’t help
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Document Summary
Week 1 lecture 1: outline, background knowledge, gross anatomy of the brain. Study patients with head damage; and what we learn from that damage. Midterm 30% multiple choices -> may 18th, thursday. Possibility to join psychology participant poll: earn extra 1 credit. Not recorded, no lecture notes (ppt), using a lot of blackboard for anatomy part: handout with. Course pack- available at the mcgill book store. This semester (summer 2017); changes have been made- new readings added, old removed. Buy new course pack: not going through all the readings in the course pack, will assign reading as we go. Reading list will be updated daily on mycourses. This week: at room n 2/2 conferences: fridays 1:30 to 3:30: go through what is covered that week. Interact with your tas on the discussion board. 2 just a brief introduction, not going to be tested since they will be mentioned again in other lectures.
