Introduction to Psychology Class 9 Neuroscience 2 Myers 52 62 June 26 06 Evolution of the Brain Reptilian Paleomammalian Neomammalian The Cerebral Cortex Frontal Forehead to top Motor Cortex Parietal Top to rear Sensory Cortex Occipital Back Visual Cortex Temporal Above ears Auditory Cortex Motor Sensory Cortex Contra lateral Inverted homunculus Unequal representation Language Areas LEFT HEMISPHERE Broca s Area Expression Motor aphasia Wernicke s Area Comprehension Sensory aphasia FILM THE MIND MODULE 8 Aphasias Motor telegraphic speech Yes ah Monday er Dad and Peter H his own name and Dad er hospital and ah Wednesday Wednesday nine o clock and oh Thursday ten o clock ah doctors two an doctors and er teeth yah Sensory word salad I called my mother on the television and did not understand the door It was too breakfast but they came from far to near My mother is not too old for me to be young Word salad Brain Plasticity The brain s capacity for modification of functioning Shown by re organization of prewiring Examples Removal of hemisphere blindfolding study FILM THE BRAIN DVD 1 MODULE 10 Split Brains Epilepsy and the corpus callosum Hemispheric specialization Left hemisphere Logical sequential words numbers verbal controls speech Right hemisphere Intuitive expressive shapes music faces non verbal FILM SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN DVD 1 SEGMENT 7
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