PSYC21H3 Lecture : Social Brain I
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Fails to address ambiguous situations (weakness) therefore, tt and st may be more helpful! cooperative and loving really peaceful different from other apes. Increase in grooming behaviour (apes), in humans more formalized rituals, civility. Record the surface, don"t know where it"s occurring! Two things changed: # of electrodes, and how often they record ( can lead to where the activity is occurring) 10:20 system, code to keep track of what electrodes we"re talking about. Common way of analyzing eeg activities occurring at diff. frequencies, with some activities when calm (sleep-slow eeg) vs. fast. Emotions lateralized (one half more involved with approach vs. withdrawal) able to measure. Lecture 9 easily on the surface of the scalp - children happy left cortical vs. children sad right cortical (able to see in 10month olds) Empathy study in 2005 to study neuron system. ability to connect set of brain cells (mirror neurons) to how we see other people.