PSY 2012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Central Nervous System, Adrenal Gland, Parietal Lobe
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Research ethics: humans: bandura, milgram and zimbardo all conducted experiments that if done today, would be considered unethical. Informed consent-debriefing are all required for people conducting and participating in the experiment. Adult humans can generate new brain cells: the wrinkles of the brain are present by 40 weeks of age. Lesion: eeg, pet scan visible display of the brain, mri, fmri . Input: somatosensory cortex: left hemisphere se(cid:272)tio(cid:374) re(cid:272)ei(cid:448)es i(cid:374)put fro(cid:373) the (cid:271)od(cid:455)"s right side, primary visual cortext. It recognizes faces and other familiar objects: wernicke area. It is responsibke for the recognition of spoken and written language: somesthetic association area. Interprets the sensory information to making cognitive sense of it: primary somesthetic, primary motor cortext, neurons send signals for precise, finely coordinated limb movements (contralateral) Undersupply linked to tremors and de(cid:272)reased (cid:373)o(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) i(cid:374) parki(cid:374)so(cid:374)"s disease: serotonin: affects mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal, undersupply linked to depression.
