PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Primary Motor Cortex, Superior Colliculus, Limbic System

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Anneke Olthof

Document Summary

Connects cns with muscles, glands, and sensory receptors. Parasympathetic ns calms (rest and digest: the central nervous system: Spinal cord: most nerves enter/leave through spinal cord, spinal reflexes do not involve the brain, the central nervous system: Brain: number of structures controlling behaviour, both voluntary and involuntary, two hemispheres (left & right, number of structures and beneath. Measuring brain activity: two approaches to learn about the brain: Insights from brain damage: study what happe(cid:374)s whe(cid:374) part of the brai(cid:374) is(cid:374)(cid:859)t worki(cid:374)g (cid:374)or(cid:373)ally. Neuroimaging: study the normal, working brain. Brain structure = ct scan, mri, dti. Brain function = eeg, meg, pet scan, fmri. Case studies: when a stroke or injury damages part of the brain, we have a chance to see the impact on the mind. Lesioning: surgical destruction of brain tissue performed on animals, has yielded some insights about brain structures.