PSY 367 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Substantia Nigra, Clinical Neuropsychology, Spatial Cognition
16 Feb 2019
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Quiroga et al. did an experiment on neural representation with patients about to have brain surgery to find out if there were specific neurons in the temporal lobe associated with specific knowledge, such as individual people. Engram - the hypothetical physical unit of storage of a memory. Alzheimer"s disease - one of many dementia-type illnesses that are more common in older adults than in younger adults. Memory is the first deficit detected in this disease. Traumatic brain injuries - sudden and devastating injuries to the brain. Clinical neuropsychology - the practice of helping brain-damaged patients recover and cope with their injuries. Neurons - biological cells that specialize in the transmission and retention of information. Dendrites - the parts of the neuron that receive information from other neurons or directly from sensory receptors. Axon - the part of the neuron that sends information to other neurons. Action potential - the electrochemical process of transmission in an axon.
