Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Prosopagnosia, Ct Scan, Fusiform Gyrus

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Mike Atkinson

Document Summary

Including october 26 (statistics stuff) chapters 1-4 and appendix. Angiogram: x-rays enhanced with dye, cannot see actual brain, can see blood vessels - used when looking for stroke. Cat scan: x-ray from 360 rotation, can see lobes - used when looking for tumours and basic structures, ventricles: spaces in the brain, huge ventricles means destroyed brain tissue, patient in coma with huge ventricles cannot wake up. Inject radioactive glucose, which gets taken up by working cells: shows active cells by tracking radioactive glucose, can tell us about functionality - what part of the brain is working at certain times. Mri: expose to strong magnetic field, picture of detailed brain structure fmri gives same information as pet scan (shows functionality) Integrate and interpret: primary sensory areas receive info and dump info to association area for info to be processed, primary sensory areas are right beside association areas.