HDP 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Myelin, Amygdala, Spatial Analysis
3 Nov 2016
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Lecture 5 - october 6, 2016 - week 2. Professor emily blumenthal - guest lecturer: mind/body problem. Brain is physical structure, mind is philosophical concept. Are brain and mind separate and distinct. Dualism - mind and body are separate, yet intertwined; mind is more than just brain processes. Materialism - mind and brain are same. Kidnapped, tortured, killed woman at 17 years old lawyers argued he can"t be held accountable for immaturity of neural anatomy. Mass murderer at university of texas, austin. Knew about emotional distress that he was currently having. Child threw toy at babysitter who recently had eye surgery. Caused her to go blind in that eye. Cell nucleus, dendrites, cell body, axon, myelin sheath, axon terminals, neural impulse: brain development. Neurobiology lateralization - specialization of function in 1 hemisphere. Right side - spatial analysis, controls left side left side - language, controls right side. Mature at 20 temporal lobe - language.
