Chapter 14 Part 3 Flashcards
What can damage to the superior colliculus cause?
Difficulty shifting attention in the peripheral vision
What types of attention would the superior colliculus be useful for?
Alternating
FILTERS–helps engage and maintain attention on new stimuli while filtering out unneeded info from that stimuli; connected to all lobes and subcortical structures
Pulvinar nucleus
What can damage to the pulvinar nucleus cause?
Hard time ignoring what the paper feels like, what your clothes feel like, sensory issues
What types of attention would the pulvinar nucleus be useful for?
Sustained, selective
Important for visual attention and eye movements; irregular eye movements when trying to focus
Frontal eye fields
What could damage to the frontal eye fields cause?
Eyes deviate towards side of brain injury
What are some modifications if someone is having trouble with making coffee, making toast, and reading the paper simultaneously?
While they’re doing everything else, they will count how many scoops or focus on one task at a time
What are some modification if someone is driving to work, listening to the voicemail, and having trouble missing a turn and forget listening to a message?
Don’t listen to voice message while driving, listen and write down notes or replay the voice mail
What are some modifications if someone is working on a computer, making, phone calls, fail to complete project, and interruptions from room mates?
Tell room mates you’re busy, make sure to save project on computer
The storage of information
Memory
Space for manipulation
Working memory
Storage time in seconds
Short-term memory
Storage time in days to years
Long-term memory
How much short-term memory do we have?
7 plus or minus 2
