PSY 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Phineas Gage, Richard Caton
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When all the cells are put together it creates the brain. Pia mater (latin for tender mother: cerebrum and cerebral cortex. Cerebrum: white inner material (white because there is insulation) The rear section of the frontal lobe is called the motor strip. It is used for planning: parietal lobe. A function of memory, the ability to connect what is seen to a experience. The front of the parietal lobe called somatosensory strip in front. Phantom pain: occurs when a body part is gone. They still feel pain when they don"t have it anymore: occipital lobe. When the information of the eyes is processed at first. We do not see with our eyes, we connect information with out eyes. Images are upside down and blurry on everyone and then the brain changes it and makes it visible. Brain is incredibly platstic to recover quickly o.
