PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Auditory Cortex, 3 Lbs, Axon Hillock

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Heather Jenkin

Document Summary

Kicks in when scared, reacts body to situation. When you suffer an injury in spinal cord. Different levels wired to different body parts. Sensory messages directed to higher centres (except olfaction) Traditionally thought to help you- walk and chew gum at the same time (balance and. Scientist now realize its much more diverse and sophisticated- involved in higher cognitive taks. Cortex bark outer surface of brain. Bumps on the head said to be related to personality traits. Try to figure out where in the brain different behaviours are located in the brain. Emotions, memoires two hemispheres: each is divided into 4 lobes. Auditory cortex gets input from the ears. Input from vision via occipital lobe and audition via temporal lobe. Sensory data crosses over in pathways leading to the cortex. Right hemisphere controls left and left control rights. Motor nerves cross sides in spinal cord. Major ( but not only) pathway between sides.