Psychology 2410A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Synthetic Entertainment, Facial Recognition System, Voice-Onset Time
18 Jan 2017
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Each neuron is associated with 10 000 synapses; synaptogenesis occurs throughout life. Info in one brain equivalent to all info on internet. Do not keep things that we do not need. Myelination (white matter) encloses axons; fatty insulating material. Sensory, motor areas myelinated first; prefrontal cortex last. Orphanages where are only given attention for feeding/changing. Need simulation (regular, and high quality) in order to develop a neurological system; w/o stimulation will be a lot of failure of development/never be development. Part of nervous system that detects input from the environment. Involves sensory receptors, neural pathways, and parts of brain. Skin (touch), eyes (sight), nose (scent), ears (hearing), tongue (tasting) Pull them apart for convenience, but the divide is fuzzy and sometimes arbitrary. S&p provide building blocks for higher level cognitive processing. Main q"s for developmental psychology regarding perceptual development. Assessing perceptual development in infancy: psychophysiological (and behavioural) Creating mris for babies, so they don"t have to stay completely still.
