PSY 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Grey Matter, Central Nervous System, Peripheral Nervous System

• School: University of Kentucky
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 100
• Professor: Andrea Friedrich

Document Summary

Executive function, personality, planning, reasoning, language comprehension, movement. Damage: personality (p. gage: metal rod through skull; through frontal lobe, able to go to work, saved his life; completely changed personality (used to be calm rational aggressive, impulsive. Bro(cid:272)a"s aphasia: you (cid:272)a(cid:374) u(cid:374)dersta(cid:374)d (cid:449)hat people say, a(cid:374)d you k(cid:374)o(cid:449) (cid:449)hat you want to say but you have a hard time putting it into words. Wer(cid:374)i(cid:272)ke"s aphasia: speaki(cid:374)g utter (cid:374)o(cid:374)se(cid:374)se, says (cid:449)hate(cid:448)er (cid:272)o(cid:373)es up, talks effortlessly, (cid:449)hat"s said does(cid:374)"t (cid:373)ake se(cid:374)se. Damage (hemispatial neglect): neglect of body or space; difficulty in spatial relations. Example: will only notice half of something; half of a plate of food, simply turn it around. Damage: loss of vision, inability to identify colors, and hallucinations. Savant syndrome: brain damage allowed him to play several instruments; become good at something. Closed head injuries: trauma to the head that does not penetrate the skull (ex: concussion)