01:830:310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Brainstem, Basal Ganglia, Cerebral Palsy

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:310
• Professor: Professor Mayhew

Document Summary

Created by having changes in synaptic organization, molecular structure, and possibly mitotic activity (though not as likely) The vision area of occipital lobe that deals with motion. Female with essential tremor in the right hand. Had to take blood pressure and pulse 3 times a day. Not usually think of 80 year olds of thinking of learning new skills. Motor maps: violinists, left hand motor map is larger than in non-musicians. Makes a difference how much you use a particular motor skill. Have a quarter time increase in representation of musical scale on auditory cortex compared to non-musicians. Earlier they learned, the more pronounced is the increase of the musical scale on the auditory cortex. No information coming from touches and pressure and so forth for one limb. Look at slide titled plasticity in cortical maps . Found representation of the hand on the face.