01:830:310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Tinnitus, Agnosia, Superior Colliculus

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

Document Summary

Guidance of movement (with constant feedback as you execute the motions) Posterior parietal attentional mechanism to spotlight where in space to attend. Posterior temporal attentional mechanism to spotlight features of objects to attend . Meniere"s disease is a vestibular disorder when there is too much fluid in the inner ear. The symptoms are vertigo attacks, hearing loss attacks, tinnitus (ringing in the ear), and a fullness feeling in ears- these can all last up to 24 hours. The disease is treated during the attacks with anti- emtics and dramamine. Sensory thresholds are measured by touch or two point sensitivity scale. In which changes are detected due to larger distances before comprehending that you are feelings 2 points rather than 1. A mirror box is a box with two mirrors in the center used to treat phantom limbs. Astereognosis is the inability to recognize an object by touch.