PSY 3301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Visual Cortex, Cerebral Cortex, Sensory Cortex
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The nervous system is complex and is made up of many parts or systems that interact with one another to produce our behaviours. Typically, we make 2 large distinctions - cns vs pns. The flow of information within the nervous system follows specific direction. Afferent information : is a sensory information coming into into the. Efferent information : is the motor information leaving the cns. Many brain structures have several names, and terms are often used interchangeably or haphazardly. Ex : cerebrum vs telencephalon vs cerebral cortex vs cerebral hemispheres. Ex : visual cortex vs primary visual cortex vs striate cortex vs area v1. Many names for nervous system structures include information about their anatomical locations. Perspective of a viewer dorsal view = above (1) Other terms the nervous system is bilaterally symmetrical: it has a left and right side that mirror one another. Example: right temporal lobe and left temporal lobe.
