PSY 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Mental Chronometry, Flynn Effect, Parietal Lobe

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

Document Summary

Modest correlaion (more to i. q than the size of your brain) With evoluion we lost brain issue (size of a tennis ball) Genius: comes in a variety of sizes (small, medium and large) Einstein"s brain: his brain seriously studied some of what we know: Two hemispheres had more connecions with each other. Reacion ime (simulus) simple tasks in the lab can sill see diferences between i. q and size. Expose electrodes to simple simulus: higher i. q = faster and more complex waves. People doing i. q tests = acivaion of i. q test. Muliple brain areas interact with each other to produce behavior and thought. Brains of people with more i. q consumes less glucose because they work eiciently. Enhanced within limit = linked with enhanced cogniive funcion: same with dopamine. The rest of this secion is not on the irst midterm but an absolute must for the inal exam! Geneic inluence: geneic component twin studies.