01:830:338 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Frontal Lobe, Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:338
• Professor: Professor Lyra Stein

Document Summary

L8 - the anatomy & physiology of personality. Women tend to have index fingers longer than their ring finger. Men tend to have index fingers shorter than ring finger. Women who have shorter index fingers than ring are speculated to have young mal. Is said to relate to: impulsivity, sensation seeking, assertiveness, dominance, a. Personality can sometimes drastically change as a result of tumors, alzheimer" strokes, temporal lobe epilepsy, various surgical problems. Neurons have dendrites which receive stimulation, then pass it on to axons. Dendrites of afferent nerves (are very long) can extend from central nervous system body --> messages travel up dendrites to brain to report bodily functions. Dendrites of efferent nerves (extra-long axons) send impulses/instructions from cns glands, other organs. Interneurons (have short axon or none at all) organize and regulate transmissions b/ Thalamus - regulates arousal and serves other functions --> located in middle.