Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Agnosia, Antibody, Endocrine System

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Reid

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Refers to the relatively greater localization of function in one hemisphere or the other. Damage to right (non-dominant) hemisphere causes apathy, denial of disabilities, verbal disinhibiting. Damage to left frontal lobe causes depressed mood, mood fluctuations, anxiety and irritability. *epilepsy (corpus callosum severed) present words or images on right or left side of screen. Brain damage aphasia total or partial loss of ability to communicate (broca"s or wernicke"s area in left hemisphere) Our behavior (experience) effects brain structure and function. Nature development of brain and nervous system is effected by genetics and. Some aspects of human nervous seem predetermined. *infant born without limbs still experience sensations/pain where the limb should have developed. Nurture our experience shapes the development of our brain and nervous systems. 2. neural pruning less used areas become devoted to other functions. *surviving neurons can restore function by altering either their physical or chemical structure. Neural plasticity refers to the neuron"s ability to change in structure an function.