PSYB65H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Thrombus, Sleep Deprivation, Etiology
Document Summary
Idea: resulting from a set of impressions, that some mental ability exists as an entity (e. g. memory, language, emotion) Difficult to localize constructs in the brain. Act of process of knowing / coming to know. Used to refer to the processes of thought in psychology. Neocortex outside the primary sensory & motor cortices that functions to produce cognition. Pattern of connections (key differences between association & primary motor / sensory cortex) The association cortex receives information that is more highly processed than in primary cortices. Detailed knowledge about the external world & internal world. Evidence for brain abnormalities in organic-neurological disorders is straightforward, and causes are generally known. Far less is known about the causes of behavioral-psychiatric disorders, but there must be some abnormality in brain structure / activity. Coup vs contre-coup (coup = under the site of damage // contre-coup = opposite site of the damage)
