PSYC 4030 Study Guide - Emergence, Pineal Gland, Parietal Lobe
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9/20/2012: the mind-brain problem, philosophical views, dualism: mind and brain are made of different substances, but they do interact. Descartes believed that the brain is physical while the mind is not. He also believed that interaction between the two occurred at the pineal gland: monism: only one kind of substance. Most commonly held scientific version of this view is called the monistic emergent property position, which holds that the mind results from brain activity. In other words, the brain creates/enables the mind: mental trilogy (ledoux, 2002; the synaptic self, mind (self)= Motivation: basic approached to understanding the brain, different disciplines, cognitive neuropsychology. Main focus is on brain damaged individuals and the changes in cognition and behavior that results. Medical discipline with a focus on pathology and potential medical intervention (ex: surgery: cognitive neuroscience. Main focus is on how the brain leads to cognition and behavior. Parietal lobe- somotosensory processing, some aspects of motor processing and visual processing.
