01:830:310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Wada Test, Auditory Cortex, Amobarbital

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

Document Summary

Decisions are made in which risks are weighed against the level of reward. Four deck card game, individual must sense which decks are providing a good return. Impaired response inhibition, deficient associative learning, increased risk taking and rule violation, gambling. Pseudodepression: appears after lesions of the left frontal lobe. Reduced sexual interest, little or no verbal output. Pseudopsychopathy: appears after lesions of right frontal lobe. Cerebral dominance: one side overrules the other. Hemispheric specialization different parts of the brain are responsible for different functions. Lateralization of function: different parts of the brain are responsible for different functions. Right hemisphere has a larger heschl"s gyrus and frequently consists of 2 gyri. Doubling of heschl"s gyrus (primary auditory cortex) ex: 2 gyri. Larger insula (lateral gyrus on medial side of the anterior temporal lobe sometimes insular lobe) Larger planum temporale (posterior region of the temporal lobe, most commonly referred to as.