LIFESCI 23L Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Dna, Enzyme, Protein
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Lecture a: a memory reference and scientific method. Research papers for labs a, d, and g; one week to write; due weeks 2, 5, 8. Neuropsychology: studies relationship between brain and behavior (c)mit = (computerized) memory inference test. Assumes that different brain areas are involved in different types of behaviors. Measuring behaviour could allow one to determine how different brain areas are funcitoning. Could be helpful to determine if individual is suffering from cognitive disorder (e. g. memory or attention) or could help identify a particular medical/neurological condition. Left: language, logic, critical thinking, math, science, etc. Frontal lobe: functions, thinking, planning, organizing, problem solving, emotions, behavioral control, personality. Parietal lobe: perception, making sense of the world, arithmetic and spelling. Motor and sensory cortex are contralateral one side of brain controls opposite side of body. Outer areas of brain: higher cortical areas cognition, language, visual and attention abilities. Inner areas: sub-cortical areas survival needs (thirst, wakefulness, breathing)
