PSY 220 Study Guide - Fall 2019, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Prefrontal Cortex, Immune System, Hippocampus
13 Feb 2019
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These photoreceptors have their own photopigment called melanopsin. The cells respond directly to light and do not require input from rods or cones. Prefrontal cortex is primarily responsible for making a plan for movement. Right hemisphere decodes a person"s behavior and makes emotional context of it. They implanted an electrode and stimulated amygdala pathways: the cat became angry. Memories are stored in: throughout the brain, the experiment with that conclusion was when the cerebral cortex was removed but they found that (carl ashley) no matter what part they took out, they were still able to maintain. The info required to find the cheese, is stored redundantly throughout the brain. Hm- had anterograde amnesia, and new his long term memory was able to produce new non- declarative memory, but not declarative memories. Internal regulation: set point average- short term weight fluctuations. When arc hunger sensitive, neurons inhibits the pvh, eating occurs.
