Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Hemispatial Neglect, Disconnection, Fusiform Gyrus

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Is there a separate consciousness in each hemisphere? p1000ex@uwo. ca conflicts and makeup exam. Neuron b generates an ipsp which cancels neuron a"s epsp (graded potentials). Know where the lobes are, what"s on them, what they control. Association areas are anatomically related to the primary projection areas. Association areas take information from primary projection areas and process them and integrate. The information in primary projection area is similar to raw data. Apraxia: inability to perform smooth actions, unable to put together a sequence of movements (ex. cannot walk over and pick something up with one command, you can only do one single movement (ex. look, touch, turn) Aphasia: disorder of speech, broca"s aphasia or expressive aphasia. Telegraphic be able to communicate with you, but only a few words stringed together. Next to the motor cortex and the motor association area (that"s why it affects speech: wernicke"s aphasia or receptive aphasia.