PSYC 1150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Postcentral Gyrus, Auditory Cortex, Parietal Lobe
22 Nov 2013
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Chapter 3: biological psychology (page 112 153) The somatic nervous system: somatic nervous system carries messages from cns to muscles throughout the body (controlling movement) Interacts with forebrain, brain stem, and spinal cord. The brain and emotion: limbic system emotional centre of the brain, also plays roles in smell, motivation and memory, evolved out of the primitive olfactory system, hypothalamus regulates and maintains constant internal bodily states. Mostly engages in multitasking: amygdala excitement, arousal and fear. Also fear conditioning and recognition of fear: hippocampus spatial memory. Place cells become active when we use our hippocampus to. Also contributes to fear conditioning together with amygdala make mental maps and prefrontal cortex. Interacts with hypothalamus, amygdala and other limbic regions to regulate emotions: two divisions; one active, one passive, sympathetic division, parasympathetic division. Active during rest and digestion (calms you down after fight) Mind is the brain in action : brain activity, brain damage, stimulating the brain affects behaviours and perception.
