PSYC 2650 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Visual Cortex, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
22 Mar 2013
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Video: because he is having no physical reaction when he sees them, his brain tells him that the people are not people he knows. Different parts of the brain do different things; and when they get damaged they can do weird things. Researchers began to realize this in the nineteenth century by studying the cognition and behaviour of patients. The simplest fact illustrated by capgras syndrome is that different parts of the brain perform different jobs. with lesions to the brain. The study of people with brain lesions help us learn about the function of these brain regions in healthy people; the approach is referred to as the localization of function. Even for simple cognitive tasks, multiple regions are involved; one area isn"t responsible for one certain thing. One of the first areas to develop, one of the oldest parts. Control rhythms of the heart and breathing.
