PSYC3338 Chapter Notes - Chapter n/a: Jill Bolte Taylor, Parallel Computing, Lisa Lopes
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Always wanted to study the brain - brother has schizophrenia. Brother can"t connect dreams to common, shared reality, so they become delusions. Works in dr. francine"s harvard psychology lab - what are the biological differences between brains of normal individuals and those with psychiatric disorders (bipolar, etc. ) Essentially mapping the microcircuitry of the brain. A lot of meaning in her life. by day did research, and by night traveled as part of mental alliance for mental illness. One day had a hemorrhage > during 4 hours, brain deteriorated in ability to process information > morning of, couldn"t walk, talk, recall, etc. anything about her life. Obvious that two hemispheres are separate from one another. 2 cerebral cortices are completely separate from each other. Corpus callosum helps two hemispheres communicate, but other than that they are left function as a serial processor separate. Each hemisphere thinks and cares about different things > almost have different personalities.
