PSYCH 1XX3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Phineas Gage, Sleep Paralysis, Frontal Lobe
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Baby deer can walk within a day, and be independent from their parents a season after birth. Human babies are born very underdeveloped developmentally and physically. Parents can"t have many children because it takes so much time and resources (parental investment very high) Develop into complex individuals with higher level thinking and complex relationships with others. Phineas gage railroad supervisor had a metal rod through his cheek, up through his left frontal lobe. Before the accident he was caring, loving, responsible, and a good person. After the accident his personality changed to indifferent, irresponsible, impulsive, stopped planning for the future. First well-known example of damage to the frontal love affecting what we consider personality. Pons is the regulatory system for sleep, and helps inhibit our motor neurons so that we are still and don"t hurt ourselves in our sleep. Sleep paralysis is when someone wakes up and cannot move.
