PSYA01H3 Lecture 6: lec6 - PSYA01
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Sept 27 lecture 9 the brain part 1. The cerebral cortex is the place where high level perception of the world occurs, and is also the place where controlled motor activities originate. In this sense, it is the place where all our controlled interactions with the external world occur. This contrasts with many more basic brain regions which are more devoted to monitoring and controlling internal behaviors and automatic responses to external stimuli. Primary vs. association cortexprimary dire(cid:272)t se(cid:374)sory (cid:894)or (cid:373)otor(cid:895) (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s asso(cid:272)iatio(cid:374) interpretation via memory. Lateralization refers to the notion that the brain is composed of separate hemispheres creating left and right sides of all cortical tissue, and sometimes the left and right have different priorities. The occipital (and lower part of the temporal) lobes are devoted to vision. Primary visual cortex is directly related to sight, and damage to it produ(cid:272)es a hole i(cid:374) a perso(cid:374)"s (cid:448)isual field a s(cid:272)ito(cid:373)a.
