AUPSY102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Frontal Lobe, Amygdala, Parietal Lobe
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Perception intact but the emotional aspect is disrupted. Use neuroimaging techniques to better understand the disease. Damage done to the pathways to/in the amygdala. Hemispheres connected by the corpus callosum (bundle of fibres) Central fissure divides anterior and posterior regions. Frontal lobe - thinking, moving, speaking, impulse control, emotional responses. Parietal lobe - perception, touch stimuli processing. More cortical space is devoted to areas of the body that require more precision. Agnosia - usually only affect one modality (problems w/ visual identification but touch is undamaged) Neglect syndrome - lesions to the parietal lobe - might only pay attention to half your face (make-up, doing hair etc. )