PSYCH 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Axon Terminal, Cotton Swab, Fluoxetine
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Descartes said they meet in the pineal gland. Phineas gage was a railroad worker who blasted rocks. The powder accidentally exploded and the rod shot thru his brain. Fell into a coma and had several personality changes. Teaches us how brain relates to behavior & localization of function. Don"t have to memorize the parts too intensely. Lobotomy: surgery that deliberately damages prefrontal cortex (done to mental patients bc it made them lethargic) Contralateral organization: left hemisphere controls right side of body. Split brain: corpus callosum is cut in surgery. See something in right visual eld, able to say it. See something in left visual eld, able to draw it with left hand but not verbalize it. Plasticity: brain can change as a result of experience or injury. Using mirror to trick brain, touch cotton swab to face and people say they feel something in their thumb (that has been amputated)
