PSYA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Detection Theory, Subliminal Stimuli, Absolute Threshold
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Midbrain is responsible for taste and smell ancestors had to know what smell/taste might be bad for the health. Brain stem is involved in most basic behaviours including heart rate, bp, respiration rate (medulla), sleep (pons), fighting and sexual behaviour (midbrain) Cerebellum in co-ordination important for motor behaviour, smooth, fluid motor behaviour. Michael j fox people are jerky, spasmodic. Carries out the functions w/ the frontal lobe. Stable visual input comes from the cerebellum (stabilizing eyes) Also # of regions w/i cerebral hemispheres that also play a role including the thalamus, hypothalamus, and the limbic system. Thalamus located in center of brain all input goes through thalamus and thalamus prioritizes the streams: reception and integration of perceptual info, passing on information to relevant cortical regions. Hypothalamus located below thalamus and is small monitor # of char. Of blood that flows through brain (eg. temp. , composition) controls pituitary gland. Controls the hormones controls pituitary gland, the master endocrine gland.
