PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Verbal Overshadowing, Reticular Formation, Temporal Lobe
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Consciousness: subjective experience of the world and of mental activity. Contents of consciousness (things we are conscious of) Qualia: describes the properties of our subjective experiences such as our perceptions of things (introspection- form of qualia) Brain imaging can help identify commonalities in brain activity across experiences (to see if you are truly feeling same thing as friend) Frank tong studied relationship b/t consciousness and neural responses in brain. Showed ppl face on top of a house, ppl who saw face ( neural activity in fusiform face area), ppl who saw house ( in neural activity in temporal lobe associated w/object recognition ) Conclusion: different types of sensory info processed by diff brain regions which determines type of awareness. Inserts electrodes in frontal and parietal lobes of monkeys, record brain activity associated with certain mvts, linked it to a robot brain"s firing pattern translated into signals that control mvt of robotic arm.
