Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Sensory Cortex, Limbic System, Hindbrain

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Ronald R Holden

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Unconscious fears or other emotional responses: the forebrain n hippocampus nforming and retrieving memories n damage can"t form long-term memories n transfers short-term memories into long-term. Anatomy & function n occipital lobe n primary visual cortex n temporal lobe n primary auditory cortex n also some memory functions n parietal lobe n somatosensory cortex n frontal lobe n no senses, but motor cortex. Case study n mel goodale (uwo) n patient d. f. nrecognition vs. orientation vs. action n severe visual agnosia poor object recognition n object orientation poor. Case study n mel goodale (uwo) n patient d. f. nobject recognition vs. orientation vs. action naction unaffected even for the same task! Case study n mel goodale (uwo) n patient d. f. nobject recognition vs object orientation (grasping) Language n true example to illustrate the difference: n experimenter: what do you do with a cigarette? n patient with damage to broca"s area: n uh uh cig uhh