PSY 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: 2010 Haiti Earthquake, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Frontal Lobe
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Cortical representations of information are weighted by importance . We can map the area of the body it"s responsible for controlling. Tms- transcranial magnetic stimulation; map of brain essential for safe surgery. Could not touch nose, write, or pick up cup. Area of motor cortex that"s responsible for motor cortex. Cortical representations of information are weighted by importance". We can selectively damage parts of our language. Can produce speech, but cannot comprehend it and what you say doesn"t make much sense. > right brained (more creative) and left brained (more logical) do not exist. Largely symmetric, but there is some lateralization (ex. language) Contralateral organization- left hemisphere controls right side of body, and vice versa. Anything that happens on the left happens on the right. Split brain- the corpus callosum cut in surgery. Left visual field goes to right hemisphere and vice versa.
