PSYC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3.3-3.4: Equipotential, Aphasia, Neuroplasticity

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jordan Poppenk

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Psyc100 : neuroscience ii: neuropsychology and cognitive neuroscience. Describe how the structure of the central nervous system influences behaviour. Discuss the evidence supporting localization of function versus equipotential (aphasia, brain imaging studies of language) Describe the methods used to study the function of the brain. Describe the basic brain structures and their functions. Identify the major structures, their function and location. Identify the six subcortical structures, their location and function. Explain the concepts of cortical lateralization of function and more generally, localization of function. Explain how the split-brain operation functionally isolates the cerebral hemispheres, and describe how split-brain research has influenced our understanding of hemispheric specialization of function. Broca"s aphasia and wernicke"s aphasia, the loss of ability to speak, were the first and most powerful evidence of brain specialization. Not all aphasic patients behaved in the same way. Defining the problem: brain imaging studies of language.