PSYCH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Temporal Lobe, Hypothalamus, Frontal Lobe

• School: UW
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 101
• Professor: Jacqueline Spector

Document Summary

Measure verbal and nonverbal behaviors: destruction and stimulation techniques. Researchers produce damage and see the effect on behavior: electrical recording. Measure the activity of large groups of neurons using electrodes. Studies brain structure from many different angles: mris (magnetic resonance imaging) Good picture of structure and soft tissue: pet (positron emission tomography) scans. Inject radioactive glucose into blood stream: fmris (functional mri) Allows you to do a task so you don"t have to be still. 3 major subdivisions of the brain: hindbrain. Carries nerve impulses between higher and lower levels of the nervous system. Cerebellum functions are easily disrupted by alcohol: midbrain. Alerts higher centers of the mid brain. Gate keeper tells brain that messages are coming. Blocks info or sends in info: forebrain. Most evolutionary advanced portion of the brain. Organizes inputs from sensory organs and routes them to the appropriate areas of the brain. Sensory experience of confused or damage = hallucination.