[PSY 2012] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (27 pages long!)
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Hypothalamus: maintenance & governs endocrine system via pituitary. Hippocampus: short term to long term memory. Left: controls right side of the body; language. Right: controls left side of body; emotion. Gender differences: less lateralized (specialized) in females than males. True right: spatial on right, language on left. True left: spatial on left, language on right. Areas of the cerebral cortex that are not involved in primary motor or sensory functions. Broca"s area: directs muscle movements involved in speech. Separate conscious and unconscious tracks for processing in the brain. After some time without the stimulus, you"ll start responding again. Too much to attend to; have to select what you pay attention to. What"s special about people who recognize their name. If you learn it wrong, it"s hard to correct. Inattentional blindness: fault to see objects when attention is diverted elsewhere. Change blindness fail to notice changes in environment. Transfer memories from short term to long term memory.
