PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Medial Geniculate Nucleus, Inferior Colliculus, Basilar Membrane
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Chapter 9: how do we sense, perceive and see the world: blindsight related to a different pathway used (doesn"t travel to occipital lobe) A1/a2 (cerebral cortex: take note of crossover of information. Body senses: nocioception (pain; is adaptive, hapsis (fine touch, proprioception (position of body in space, balance (related to gravity. Somatosensory cortex (si: wilder penfield, homunclulus: little human , disproportionate sizes, larter area=higher sensitivity. Located in inner ear: allows to perceive own motion and maintain balance, consists of, semicircular canals, otolith organs. Contain hair celss that bend when we move: vestibular system pathway. One route projects to si and sii (in the insular cortex: olfactory pathways, axons of olfactory receptors relays synapse in the olfactory bulb, olfactory bulb sends projections to the pyriform cortex, the amygdala and entorhinal cortex. Implication that smells can bring forth emotions and memories due to the amygdala: pyriform cortex projects to the orbitofrontal cortex via.
