PSYC 2307 Study Guide - Final Guide: Posterior Parietal Cortex, Premotor Cortex, Inferior Temporal Gyrus

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2307
• Professor: Brian Tansley

Document Summary

Parietal lobes guide movements and temporal lobes help in object recognition. Parietal and temporal lobes visual space perception egocentric space and allocentric space: drug stimulates release of nt in vesicles (agonist) - latrotoxin. Egocentric space location of an object relative to person: drug inhibits release of nt (antagonist) botulinum toxin. Allocentric space location of an object relative to another: drug stimulates postsynaptic receptors (agonist) - nicotine, drug blocks postsynaptic receptors (antagonist) - atropine, drug stimulates auto receptor action (antagonist) - apomorphine. Using modern imaging techniques scientists can map the asymmetries of anatomical structures in the human brain: drug inactivates acetylcholinesterase (agonist) - physostigmine. At least eight major anatomical differences between the two cerebral hemispheres have been reported. Right hemisphere is slightly larger and heavier than left hemisphere. Left hemisphere has more grey matter than right hemisphere. Anatomical basis for specialization of language on left hemisphere and music on right hemisphere.