Psychology 1100E Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Frontal Lobe, Hypothalamus, Living Brain

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1100E
• Professor: Cheung, Hessel, Dumas, Cole

Document Summary

Allows brain activity to be disrupted temporarily without invasive surgery or action. Tms has also been used to treat stroke, multiple sclerosis, migraine and some chronic pain diseases: electric recording: allows us to eavesdrop on the electrical conversations occurring within the (cid:271)rai(cid:374). Considered a gross measure which taps the electrical activity of thousands of neurons, corresponds to certain states of consciousness such as wakefulness and sleep. Can be used to detect brain disorders: brain imaging, the newest tools of discovery are imaging techniques that permit neuroscientists to peer into the living brain, windows include ct scans, pet scans, and magnetic resonance imaging (mri). The hindbrain: stalk-like brain stem, attached to the brain stem in the other major portion of the hindbrain, the cerebellum. The midbrain: contains cloisters of sensory and motor neurons, connect higher and lower portions of the nervous system. The sensory portion of the midbrain contains important relay centres for the visual and auditory systems: controls eye movements.