COGS 11 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Basal Ganglia, Cerebral Cortex, Frontal Lobe
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When you become aware of a habit forming, then you become aware of a way to get out of it. Basal ganglia is associated with the initiation and termination of movement. Important b/c the forebrain and cortex is where you make decisions for actions. You have agency over what you do. Need to be careful what you decide to do -> many consequences. Thinking that there is no consequences -> losing control (ex: angie and her casino addiction) Habit"s don"t go away, you can replace a habit with another habit. Have a major role in normal voluntary . Bg does not have direct input or output connections with the spinal cord. Bg nuclei receive primary input from the cerebral cortex and send output to the. Movement brain stem, and, via the thalamus, back to the prefrontal, premotor, and motor cortices. The motor functions of the basal ganglia are therefore mediated, in large part, by motor areas of the frontal cortex.
