PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Basal Ganglia, Learning, Kidney Bean
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Dilate eyes, digestion slows, increase heart rate, perspiration, Clicker: when you touch your coffee cup you feel that it is too hot to pick up. Clicker: dr. sue wants to study whether the hippocampus shows more activity when a subject is listening to familiar or unfamiliar music. Mri- would be best- to show activity and structure/ function. Clicker: we only use a small portion of our brain regularly: =false, since brain will not be lazy if something is not being use- it will be repurposed as different information. Hindbrain= blue: oldest part of brain, keeps us upright and breathing- not high cognitive function, maintaining normal function, further from hindbrain= will have newer parts of brain in evolution, react on gut instinct, a) cerebellum: =little brain (blue brain) at back. Clicker: justin"s impaired function: difficulty with motor coordination and balance. Cerebellum very affected- quickly: b) medulla: Reflexes (sneezing, coughing, salivating: c) pons: If difficulty sleeping- affect of pons: reticular formation:
