PSYC 211 Midterm: Midterm 1 Chapter Notes.pdf

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Dualism: the belief that the body is physical but the mind (or soul) is not. Monism: the belief that the world consists only of matter and energy and that the mind is a phenomenon produced by the workings of the nervous system. Blindsight: the ability of a person who cannot see objects in his or her blind eld to accurately reach for them while remaining unconscious of perceiving them; caused by damage to the mammalian visual system of the brain. Corpus callosum: the largest commissure of the brain, interconnecting the areas of neocortex on each side of the brain. Split-brain operation: brain surgery that is occasionally performed to treat a form of epilepsy; the surgeon cuts the corpus callosum, which connects the two hemispheres of the brain. Cerebral hemispheres: the two symmetrical halves of the brain; constitute the major part of the brain.

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