PSYA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Reduced Affect Display, Perseveration, Prefrontal Cortex
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Primary visual cortex related to sight, damage produces a hole/black spot (scotoma) Association cortex in area provides an interface between visual input and memory (categorize visual images) Damage ag(cid:374)osia, (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t (cid:374)a(cid:373)e (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) o(cid:271)je(cid:272)ts, the(cid:455) see (cid:271)ut do(cid:374)"t re(cid:272)og(cid:374)ize. Oliver sacks doctor describes patients that suffer from visual agnosia (man who mistook his wife for a hat) Temporal lobe most devoted to hearing & is under the ears. Primary auditory cortex is hidden from view; damage can lead to hearing problems. Left side damage: language deficits (understanding & producing) Right side damage: ability to perceive non-speech sounds (e. g. rhythm) Complex spatial functions (awareness of stuff around you and where your body is) Phantom limb syndrome normal person loses a limb and feels pain in an area (e. g. ha(cid:374)d(cid:895) that does(cid:374)"t e(cid:454)ist (cid:894)e. g. Phantom limb syndrome normal person loses a limb and feels pain in an area (e. g. ha(cid:374)d(cid:895) that does(cid:374)"t e(cid:454)ist (cid:894)e. g. due to a(cid:373)putatio(cid:374)
