PSYC 3410- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 30 pages long!)
11 Oct 2017
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The case of the man who forgot not to eat. R. h. was a 48 year old male who developed severe amnesia for long-term explicit memory due to bilateral damage to the medial temporal lobe (similar to h. m) Accepted multiple meals of his favorite food even when he reached his optimal level. 12. 1 digestion, energy storage, and energy utilization purpose of hunger = increase probability of eating & purpose of eating = supply body with molecular building blocks and energy it needs to survive and function. Digestion the gastrointestinal process of breaking down food and absorbing its constituents into the body. Fat rather than glycogen b/c a gram of fat can store almost twice as much energy as a gram of glycogen & glycogen, unlike fat, attracts and holds substantial quantities of water making it heavier. Energy metabolism the chemical changes by which energy is made available for an organisms use. Controlled by insulin and glucagon (pancreatic hormones)
