PSYC 3502 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Limbic System, Hemispatial Neglect, Hypothalamus
6 Sep 2016
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Dualism is the belief that there are different kinds of substances and the mind and the body are separate entities. Monism is the belief that the universe is only comprised of one type of substance. Because consciousness is not observable, its function is often difficult to define and/or explain. Difficulty of knowing if others have conscious experiences is known as the. Problem of other minds chalmers (1995) proposes two problems that must be distinguished when discussing consciousness: Easy problems: focus on differences in conscious states and their mechanisms. Hard problems: focus on why and how brain activity is associated with consciousness contents of consciousness: feelings, perceptions, thoughts stream of consciousness and time (james) always changing filling in blanks/making sense of the world. Frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital motor executive skills: planning, initiation/inhibition, working memory (impulse control), judgment, abstraction temporal lobe audition, memory and emotion, language parietal lobe somatosentation, spatial skills neocortex= 4 lobes paleocortex limbic system limbic system= ohcash.
