PSYCH 101 Lecture Notes - Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Hemispatial Neglect, Paul Broca
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Guest lecturer: andrea stocco, phd: university of crete (italy) What we are going to talk about: methods used for understanding the relationship between brain and behavior. Reason #1: to diagnose problems (finding out why behavior is broken) Physical (doctor make hypothesis, lab tests, medications) Mental (psychologist make hypothesis, no obvious lab tests, medications) Reason #2: to anticipate problems (preventing behavior to go awry) On medication (dopamine), you will engage in risky behavior (ie gambling) Off medication, you will shy off behavior that would result in losses (ie saving money) Reason #3: to fix problems (when brain and behavior are disconnected) Broca"s area (language center: hemispatial neglect though we see all the world around us, people with hemispatial neglect do not, limit of patient studies. No two lesions are exactly the same. Brain damage does not occur precisely where scientists would be interested. Long term consequences affect behavior (recovery, rehabilitation, neuroplasticity)
