PSY372H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Phineas Gage, Frontal Lobe, Parietal Lobe
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Short quiz in preparation for term test: memory strategies. Final exam: likely to cover material after midterm (non-cumulative) Motor cortex: located at the back of the frontal lobe: involved in motor movement. Pre-motor cortex: involved in planning (not visualizing: located in front of the motor cortex. Sensory cortex: involved in sensations, mostly touch. Parietal lobe: involved in perception, making sense of world, arithmetic, spelling. Temporal lobe: involved in memory, understanding, and language. Old brain: breathing, movement: includes: pons, cerebellum, and medulla. Cerebellum: involves learning of procedural memory (simple tasks) and motor skills: ex: playing an instrument. Cerebral cortex: where memories are thought to be stored. Motor cortex: involved in movement and learning and memory of the movement: ex: sequence of events involved in procedural memory. Working memory tasks: requires constant updating of information to sustain it in the working memory (like stm) Amygdala: located in centre of temporal lobe and is the emotion centre (fear and fear conditioning)
