PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Phineas Gage, Frontal Lobe, Temporal Lobe
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Aphaisia- inability to produce written or spoken language. Damage to left frontal lobe (broca"s area) Patients are able to understand language and know what they want to say. Unable to get their message across effectively. People produce word salad : tono guy. Railroad spike through his eye and skull: he was nice and well-mannered before the accident and after he cussed and was angry and struggled to keep a job. Damage in the cns (central nervous system) Neuroplasticity- the ability to constantly change both the structure and fuction of many cells in the brain in response to experience or trauma. Sensation- the process of receiving stimulus energies from the external environment and transforming those energies into neural energy. This activation gets translated into neural activity- transduction. Sense organs: eyes, nose, tongue, ears, skin, sensory receptors. Specialized cells that detect stimuli and transmit information to the brain. Mechanoreceptor- detection of pressure, vibration, and movement (touch, hearing,
