PSY 100 Lecture Notes - Pineal Gland, Hemispherectomy, Lobotomy
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Humans do not use only 10% of their brains. We only use part of our memory capabilities. If someone loses one of their senses, other parts of the brain help compensate. Deafness tends to be more difficult to live with than blindness. Pretty much no grammar involved in broca"s aphasia. Damage to broca"s sign slower, less grammar. Damage to wernicke"s fluent signing, doesn"t make sense. Correlation between people who are left-handed or ambidextrous and language areas localized in right hemisphere rather than left (as is usual) It"s easier to do two things at once if they are processed in different hemispheres. Mystical states supernatural, out of body experiences, &c. Measure time by ripple effect through connecting neurons. Preferences are more learned than biological social influence. Removing part of the brain, typically frontal lobe. Used to be one of the only ways to relieve symptoms of extreme psychotic diseases. Tool like an ice pick inserted under eye, hammered in.
