Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Odd Future, Chromosome

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

Document Summary

Right brain vs. left brain: halves connected by corpus callosum, somatosensory and motor signals for one side of body are linked to opposite side of brain. Lateralization: some mental activities use one side of brain more than other side, ls language, math, rs arts, spatial relations, face recognition, mental imagery, navigating, drawing, musical melodies. Know which side of the brain controls what. Brain plasticity: ability of neurons and brain to change in structure and function, occurs as result of experience and recovery from brain damage. Brain plasticity violin players injury recovery blndness on. Genes, evolution, and behaviour: many psychological traits have a genetic component: personality, cognitive abilities, psychological disorders etc. Genes: sections of dna instructions for building proteins which are critical to mental and physical functioning, structural proteins branching of dendrites and axons action potential ion channels, certain neurotransmitters are proteins. Dna: found in every cell in human body: organized into 46 chromosomes.