PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Donald O. Hebb, Neuroplasticity, Visual Cortex

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

Document Summary

Hemispheres and their funcions let hemisphere=language right hemisphere=visual: motor and sensory funcions=crossed lateralizaion of funcion: each hemisphere of the brain are specialized for diferent funcions. Brain plasicity brain plasicity: the brains" ability to change throughout life experience can change brain structure. Donald hebb cell assembly (neurons that ire together, wire together) Split brain: object placed on right visual ield can be recognized and verbally labeled while object on let visual ield can be seen and drawn but not verbally expressed. Consciousness = subjecive experience or felt aspect of some mental state. Blind sight the ability to interact behaviorally with objects while remaining consciously unaware of them. Individuals with damaged visual cortex are someimes able to accurately perform visual involving tasks. Demonstrate visual cortex is involved with conscious visual percepion: qualia = quality of a given perceptual experience. Vegetaive state: a person who"s awake and shows sleep-wake cycles but no signs of awareness. may vocalize or move but without voliional control.