Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cingulate Cortex, Limbic System, Basal Ganglia

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: L. Fazakas-Dehoog

Document Summary

Using multiple shovels to fill a hole (presynaptic neurons sending to synapse) Using one shovel to fill a hole overtime. Human brain has been evolving for 500 million years. Brain stem (older structures) shared with other lower-order animals. More recently evolved structures (cerebrum - outer most layer) are built atop structures from our distant evolutionary past. Embryo development progresses in the same order as the brain evolved. Where the spinal cord enters the brain it enlarges to form the stalk-like structure of the brainstem. Nerve relay between higher and lower levels of the nervous system. Damage would result in death or life support. Muscular motor coordination for fast, reflexive involuntary movements. Disrupted by alcohol use (why u cant walk in a straight line when drunk) State of wakefulness (alertness) or sleep for sustained periods of time. The area of the brain that most differentiates humans most from other animals.