PSYO 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Cerebrospinal Fluid, Frontal Lobe, Autonomic Nervous System

• School: UBC Okanagan, UBC OK
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYO 111
• Professor: Dr Mark Holder

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Attacked by a tiger vs. relaxing on beach. What division of the autonomic nervous system is being activated and name 5 other changes you would expect to note. Digestion, can contract bladder, not a lot of adrenaline. Describe 4 ways that the brain is protected. Blood brain barrier - made of glial cells and capillaries to form a barrier. Cerebral spinal fluid - floating so impact to head is cushioned. Done for people with severe epilepsy (7-10 seizures a day) Describe 3 pieces of evidence from people with damage that the right hemisphere plays a special role in the processing of emotions. Describe 3 pieces of evidence from people with no brain damage that the right hemisphere plays a special role in the processing of emotions. Describe 5 ways the brain of females differs from males. Identification of an object in response to an olfactory stimulus by a person with a split brain.