PSY100H1 Chapter Notes -Occipital Lobe, Medial Longitudinal Fissure, Frontal Lobe
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Capgras syndrome disorder resulting from damage to specific parts of brain afflicted person recognizes people in his/her world but denies who they appear to be person insists they are well-disguised individuals. Facial recognition involves 2 systems cognitive and emotional appraisal cognitive recognize face of individual, emotional familiarity triggers emotional warm response. In capgras syndrome emotional part is damaged. Neuroimaging techniques method to examine structure or function/activation pattern in a living brain. Pet scans in past revealed physical makeup of brain what"s where, how is shape and connected, etc. Mri scans structure of brain, fmri scans which portion of brain is activated while performing certain activities. Normally prefrontal is active when required planning or careful analysis (in sleep, prefrontal cortex is shut, that"s why dreams are senseless and bizarre). Damaged prefrontal cortex in cap syndrome less able to keep track of what"s real or not, sensible or not. (lead to hallucinate father as robot and kill.
