PSY 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Frontal Lobe, Fusiform Gyrus, Bradycardia

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Kenneth Campbell

Document Summary

Superior-inferior aspects of brain (upper portion of head -lower portion of head) Viewing macrostructures with the human eye or microstructures with a microscope. Advantage: provides high resolution images of the human brain. Static. provides an image of the structures but does not indicate their functions. Resolutions is limited (cannot see single cells) In the clinical setting: observe functions lost because of brain injury (trauma, stroke tumours, etc. ) Problem: human brain injuries are often widespread and not highly specific. In the experimental setting: lesion a specific part of animal brains to determine its function. Stimulate a specific area of the brain to observe the function it controls. Problems: in many cases, it is difficult to know just what an animals is experiencing. Higher mental stats may well differ across species. Advantage: provided an image of the function of various structures of the brain. Indicates which areas are active (and require glucose) for a task to be completed.