PSYC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Endocrine System, Presbyopia, Fallopian Tube
8 Dec 2015
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Right: visual, spatial, holistic, music, theme of language, creativity, intuition: special language centres. Broca"s area: speech production (if damaged, know what you want to say but cannot say it) Wernicke"s area: comprehend speech (if damaged, speech sounds normal but meaningless. Hemispheric lateralization: each side of body wired to opposite side of brain, each eye wired to both sides of brain: divided brain, brain plasticity. 2 halves connected to corpus callosum: developing brain. Ability to reorganize and compensate for damage, more stimulating environments can lead to longer dendrites cases of stroke, brain injury, surgery. Growth spurts involve different brain areas (17-20 yrs, frontal lobes: ability to plan and control emotions) Brain specialization: left & right hemisphere. Localized brain injuries or destruction of brain tissues: phineas gage, hm (a man) 1848 case linking brain lesion to changes it functioning & personality. Run over at 9, severe epileptic seizures. Normal memory of early life; reading, writing, work.
