PSY 250 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Occipital Lobe, Parietal Lobe, Frontal Lobe

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 250
• Professor: Elyse Hurtado

Document Summary

Cognition those processes by which the sensory input is transformed, reduced, elaborated, stored, recovered, and used. Cognitive psychology the branch of psychology that identifies our mental processes and how they affect our ability to interact with the world around us. Parts of a neuron know the cell body(soma), dendrites, axons, and the myelin. Neurotransmitters when an electrical signal is transmitted down the axon. Thalamus - gray matter lying between the cerebral hemispheres on either side of the third ventricle, relaying sensory information. Corpus callosum the largest of a collection of fibers that connects the right and left hemispheres of the brain: connects both hemisphere. Contra-lateral principle - of or pertaining to the other side. For example, a stroke involving the right side of the brain may cause contralateral paralysis of the left leg. Hemispheric specialization - the control of distinct neurological functions by the right and left hemispheres of the brain.