Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Lobotomy, Auditory Cortex, Occipital Lobe

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Predisposition: genetic, biochemical, neurological, you have to have the predisposition (biologically) Stress: family environment, expressed emotion, the trigger . Disc 1 chromosome 3: protein that guides new neural connections to proper location and tempo, responsible for organizing what connects to what among neurons, dysfunction can cause unorganized and chaotic wiring. C4: protein that guides immune system tells it what to attack, synaptic pruning goes into overdrive for those with schizophrenia. Dopamine theory: neurotransmitter related to attention, individuals with schizophrenia have trouble selectively attending to things, drugs that stimulate dopamine can induce hallucinations and delusions. Vesicles need to be the right size in the brain. Schizophrenic vesicles are enlarged and affect underlying tissue. Brain damage increases with age parietal lobes (primary auditory cortex: occipital lobe (primary visual cortex) Environmental factors have to play a role too. Expressed emotions: discharged patients are more likely to relapse if family members were critical, hostile, or negative.