PSYC 3260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Frontal Lobe Disorder, Phineas Gage, Prefrontal Cortex
20 Feb 2018
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Discussion question: the major problems with phrenology was due to two subsidiary assumptions. So size of a specific part of the brain does not map onto psychological capability. One of the brain regions that is latest to mature. On the x axis we see age, and on the y axis is ability. Has a behavioural impact on what we do. How/ what aspects of cognition are impacted by brain injury. Helps direct causal relationship between brain and cognition. Once hippocampus removed, memory was lost of previous decade and couldn"t form new memories. Unconscious motor sensors remembered wat the conscious memory forgot. Correlations between brain activity and cognition fmri (functional magnetic resonance imaging) Good indication of which brain regions are engaged during a specific task. Flow changes when you see something or when you think of something, all the neurons processing information produces electricalx measurement on your scalp.
