01:830:310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Striatum, Putamen, Amygdala

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:310
• Professor: Professor Mayhew

Document Summary

Frontal cortex: everything in front of central cortex. Area 6: secondary motor cortex: pre motor cortex (more lateral) and supplementary cortex. Where you decide what it is you are going to do. Decides what is appropriate based on several types of information. Does the consideration of the internal (context, the personality you have) Takes everything into account and decides what to do next. Visual in for comes in and goes to lateral geniculate. From eyes to tectum and then to pulvinar to posterior association. Something is relaying through ventral lateral and ventral anterior. Two systems that contribute to a lot of feedback loops. Motor functions enable the organism and underlie the execution of all motivation goals. In many ways the brain"s goal initiated regulated of the motor system determines the emotional and social well being of the organism. Oculomotor, 3,4, 6: the person just being able to move eyes. If 6 and 7 are gone, very little motor movement left.