PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Jerky, Brainstem, Cerebellum
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Gets the muscles working and doing things. Damage to the motor area of frontal cortex causes paralysis of the associated motor functions in the opposite side of the body. Damage to the pre-frontal cortex (e. g. frontal lobotomies) causes very complex and interesting effects including: slowing of thoughts and loss of spontaneity, loss of self awareness and flat affect, especially empathy, perseveration error card sorting example. Loss of empathy- if someone"s in pain next to you- you. Loss of care of what others think of you. Loss of emotional control- laugh at a funeral feel uncomfortable: deficiencies in foresight and planning. Going to the zoo, what busses you have to take, they wont know: tendency to confabulate. We like with the intent to deceive. They tell lies but wont try to deceive you. So tell me about your brother rick- ok. Tell a blunt lie with no intent to fool you.
