Psychology 1000 Study Guide - Frontal Lobe, Jean Piaget, Depth Perception

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Neural development [how does the brain change in the newborn?] Visual development [how does the visual system change over the first few months of life?] In general, right hemisphere plays greater role than left in the perception and reduction of emotionality. For men, right hemisphere amygdala has higher activity during an emotional viewing. For women, more activity in the left hemisphere of amygdale during an emotional video. No one knows why (probably did not take into account the sex difference) Right (frontal or temporal) dominant for emotional perception (both face and voice) but . Left frontal damage can be just as bad and can result in the same type of deficiencies (kolb & taylor, 1988) Right dominant for emotional expression (both face and voice) but depends on exact location in the hemisphere. Left frontal lobe more involved in positive emotions right in negative emotions. More activity in left when watching happy films, more in right for sad/disgusting films.