PSYCH 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, Phantom Limb, Temporal Lobe
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Red spots shows right side of face is stimulated with nand. In right hemisphere green spot disappeared because non signals sent to brain. The red area that corresponds to right cheek took over the entire space: phantoms can occur in any part of body. A: left body with right brain somatosensory cortex. Representation of hand is right next representation of face when hand is missing, sensory crosses over in brain, nerves misinterpret it latent connections become active. A: you can see even when you"re blind. Detect things but not aware of them vision is not entirely seeing. A: stroke in parietal lobes in the brain. Q; distinguish between the "how" and "what" visual pathways in the brain. A: how - parietal, navigation, avoid obstacles, what- temporal, recognizing (is it edible)- what does it mean to me. What problems did david exhibit and what was. Explain the implications of the use of the "mirror box".
