PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Lateralization Of Brain Function, Hypothalamus, Auditory Cortex

• School: UBC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 101
• Professor: Janel Fergusson

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The cerebral cortex: outer layer of cerebrum, learning, remembering, thinking, consciousness, etc. Information moved from one to the other: each hemisphere is primarily connected to opposite side of body. Left hemisphere right hand, right foot, etc. Left hemisphere: verbal processing, speech, reading, writing. Right hemisphere: nonverbal, spatial tasks, music, visual recognition. Put o(cid:271)je(cid:272)t i(cid:374) perso(cid:374)"s either right or left hand. When in right hand, no problem naming it went to left hemisphere. When in left hand went to right hemisphere (cid:272)ould(cid:374)"t (cid:374)a(cid:373)e it (cid:894)worse at la(cid:374)guage(cid:895) Damage to occipital lobe: scotoma: partial loss of vision or a blind spot in an otherwise normal visual field, blind sight / cortical blindness. Ca(cid:374)"t (cid:374)a(cid:373)e or des(cid:272)ri(cid:271)e what"s there: parietal lobe. Inability of a person to process and perceive stimuli on one side of the body or environment, where that inability is not due to a lack of sensation: temporal lobe.