PSY270H1 Lecture Notes - Frontal Lobe, Phineas Gage, Occipital Lobe
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Check to see which room you will be in. Will focus on the big ideas, big experiments. About brain only need to know: neuron, basic process of firing, neurotransmitters (half dozen of them), major brain areas and their primary functions. Won"t ask for names (except the big ones, like bf skinner, william james, pavlov, darwin, etc. ) Don"t need to know names of ppl who did the experiments. Know the overall point of the experiments. The last 10/15% of the exam consists of more detailed points; but most of it consists of overall/big picture stuff. Bottom-up processing: going from details to a big/major idea. Top-down processing: starting with big/major idea, then fitting in the details. The fact that our experience of the world relies intimately on the brain is shown in the bizarre perceptual experiences of patients with certain kinds of neurological damage or dysfunction.
