PSYCH 2NF3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1.4: Temporal Lobe, Cortical Blindness, Parietal Lobe
18 Sep 2018
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There exists many memory systems that operate within the brain. If corpus collosum is split, the surgery makes two brains from one. When a patient with split-brain is presented information separately to the left and right hemispheres: right hemisphere was able to perform some specific functions given the information, and left was able to form other specific functions. Conscious and unconscious neural streams: case of patient d. f. Why did this happen: the brain"s lesions in agnosia patients occur in the ventral stream, the ventral stream mediates actions controlled by conscious visual perception. The neuron theory: the idea that the unit of brain structure and function is the nerve cell. Brain imaging allows a rapid correlation between symptoms and brain pathology. Principle imaging methods are included below: computed tomography (ct) scans: Computer generates a 3d image of the brain (showing the injured region) Can be obtained quick and cheaply: positron emission tomography (pet) scans:
