PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Autonomic Nervous System, Central Nervous System, Neuroplasticity

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Valerie Wood

Document Summary

Describe how the structure of the central nervous system influences behaviour. Describe the basic brain structures and their functions. Explain the concept of cortical lateralization of function. Explain the concept of brain plasticity: central nervous system. Aphasia, loss of ability to speak, acts as evidence that brain has specialized areas or localization. Broca"s aphasia: loss of ability to produce language (speaking), damage to left front. Wernicke"s aphasia: loss of ability of speech comprehension, damage to left back. Non-human stimulation/recording: using microelectrodes placed in brain structures of rats and mice that drive behaviours. Human brain stimulation and imaging techniques: stimulation of human subjects" brains and record localized brain activity in several ways, generating maps of human brain at work. Left and right hemispheres: connected by nerve fibres (axons) including a colossal bundle called. Right: appreciation of 3d space and spatial relationships.