PSY 1001 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Lateral Hypothalamus, Cortical Blindness, Resting Potential

• School: University of Iowa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1001
• Professor: Vecera Shaun

Document Summary

Midbrain- (on top of hindbrain), evolutionary newer than hindbrain and share it with amphibians. Cerebral cortex: gray matter (made out of neuronal cell bodies; white matter- made out of the myelinated axons). 4 lobes of cerebral cortex can be found in both hemispheres: Frontal: planning, personality, abstract thinking, motor cortex (planning and execution of movement) *broca"s aphasia: broken speech. Occipital: located in the back and it is associated with vision and visual processing. Temporal: hearing and understanding (right behind ears) associated with language comprehension, perception of objects (when you have agnosia: difficulty identifying objects, damage to temporal lobe. Comprehension aphasia: difficulty understanding what people say to you) *wernicke"s aphasia: language comprehension. Parietal lobe: (pat pat, top of head) involved in spatial processing and sensory information/input/output. Subcortical structures: basal ganglia (group of structures in the forebrain): control of general movement, if basal ganglia is messed up-parkinson"s. Other structures: amygdala (fear and anger) hippocampus (memory)