Lecture 1

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What is dualism?
The idea that the mind and the body are separate
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What is monism?
The idea that the mind is produced by the workings of the CNS
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Describe macro anatomical reductionism
The functional interaction of different brain areas
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Describe micro anatomical reductionism
The function interaction of different brain cells
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Describe macro molecular reductionism
The functional interaction of different protein molecules within the brain
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What is gyrification?
The folding of the brain lobes
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What is the outer covering of the cerebral hemisphere known as?
Cerebral cortex
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Describe consciousness
An emergent property of an advanced, functional cerebral cortex
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What is the difference between a frogs visual system and a humans?
The human brain has the superior colliculus that allows us to not only detect but have an advanced perception of a stimulus. Frogs brains have an optic tectum that can only detect stimuli rather than have an advanced awareness of them.
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Describe the primitive system and complex system in vision
Primitive: Controlling eye movements and shifting attention to sudden movements. Complex; ability to perceive the world around us
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What is blind sight?
Damage to visual cortex but superior colliculus is intact. People declare themselves blind but can accurately reach for objects
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What is functional localisation?
Different brain areas do different jobs, specific areas of the cerebral cortex do specific jobs
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What are the 4 lobes main function?
Occipital is for vision. Temporal lobe is for auditory. Frontal lobe is for motor movement. Parietal is for somato-sensory info.
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What is lateralisation?
The tendency for some cognitive processes to be more dominant in one hemisphere
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Which hemisphere is often considered the dominant hemisphere?
The left hemisphere
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Where is Broca's area and what is it's function?
Left hemisphere, inferior part of the frontal lobe. Responsible for speech PRODUCTION.
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Where is Wernicke's area and what is it's fucntion
Left hemisphere, superior part of the temporal lobe. Responsible for speech reception.
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What is the name of the fibre that connects the hemisphere?
Corpus Callosum
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What is the internal capsule?
A white matter structure that carries information e.g. primary motor cortex sends axons through the internal capsule
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What is contralateral hemiparesis?
Where damage to the internal capsule resulting in paralysis of areas in the opposite side of the body
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What is the CNS made up of?
The brain and the spinal cord
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What is the PNS made up of?
Nerves and sensory organs
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What are the two major types of brain cells?
Neurons (transmits info) and Glia (supplier for the neuron)
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