PSYC 311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Long-Term Memory, Angular Gyrus, Gross Anatomy

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 311
• Professor: Michalakis Petrides

Document Summary

First 3 reading- gross anatomy of the brain and pathways of the cerebral cortex- those are not going to be examined directly, but these are the basic reference readings for anatomy. Mohr article: one of the most important about broca"s aphasia- makes the point that broca"s areal esion may not cause what we call broca"s aphasia. Highlighted and in bold the precise pages from the article that will be examined. Rubens article- focus on visual agnosia but there is a somatosensory- a tactile agnosia part, for those of you who read this, it complements what i said about tactile, somatosensory agnosia(read it basically. Concept and case of h. m- one of the most famous clinical studies ever in the history of our field. With some other cases like those of dejarine about the angular gyrus and lexia without agraphia, some important cases have taught us- well chosen single cases have taught us important things.