Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Agnosia, Frontal Lobe, Auditory Cortex

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

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Neuron a and neuron b synapse with neuron c. you are measuring the electrical activity in neuron c. Mapping on the brain"s surface that corresponds to the body and everything you could possibly move on the motor cortex: contralateral control. There is opposite side control in each of the hemispheres. Left hemisphere controls right side of the body and vice versa: functional assignment of space. There isn"t an equal distribution of space -> some parts of the body get more cortical tissue than others. The more functionally important an area is, the more space it gets in the motor cortex. Scan the intact brain and get information about what"s going on. Take an x-ray of the brain and enhance areas of the brain with a dye. Helps to see if someone had a stroke or if there"s a blood clot in the brain.