PSYCH 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Anterograde Amnesia, Vasopressin, Pituitary Gland
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Surgery in which connection btwn two hemispheres of brain are cut to prevent severe full brain seizures. Lesioning: surgical destruction of brain--can use tech to find out same info. The limbic (border system): manages emotions and connects through to body. The cortex (the outer covering): integrates information. Operator lady/front desk: reticular ( netlike ) formation, many neurons to arouse, when damaged, brain swells enclosed in skull suppresses reticular formation coma. Can poke holes on top of skull to relieve pressure and to swell outward. Dead cells spew out thrown away: cerebellum, motor coordination, fine motor movement like piano, other functions: enabling nonverbal learning and memory, very sensitive to effects of alcohol. If suspected of damage, take tests similar to sobriety test: touch finger to nose, walk in a straight line w heel to toe. The limbic ( border ) system: emotions, drives, formation of episodic (recalled) memories, hippocampus (seahorse, episodic memories long term.
