PSY 324 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Inferior Colliculus, Retrograde Amnesia, Caudate Nucleus
23 Dec 2015
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Forebrain: controls higher mental processes cerebral hemispheres, cerebral cortex , thalamus, hypothalamus, pituitary gland, amygdala and hippocampus. Thalamus centre of forebran most sensory info is processed here then it outputs to the cerebral cortex. Thalamic damage = individual will have trouble learning information. Recent recall of info impaired temporal gradient refer to retrograde amnesia. Hypothalamus (temporal lobe) spatial memory / navigation. Basal ganglia group of subcortical nuclei in telencephalon, caudate nucleus globus pallidus and putamen *motor system* preparing movement (mvmt), timing it and physical mvmt. Frontal lobe most anterior part of brain. Motor area / broca"s area on left hemisphere. Occipital lobe: vision back of brain, motion perception, colour discrimination. Ridges of the cortex are called gyri. Cell bodies/ hemispheres are gray/ axons are white. Left side of cortex handles info from right side of body and vice versa. Acquired tbi after birth related to external force either closed or open/
