Final preparation

Question 1

Hughings Jackson

Answer 1

Neurologist around 1900, studied epilepsy

Question 2

Korsakoff Syndrome

Answer 2

Inability to form new memories, e.g. Oliver Sack

s Matte of Identity about man who thought he was still working in a deli

Question 3

septum

Answer 3

cluster of cells near front of thalamus in middle of brain. stimulate and experience intense pleasure.

Question 4

left frontal lob

Answer 4

seems to be involved in feeling good

Question 5

temporal lobes

Answer 5

when stimulated, people sometimes experience god, spiritual experiences. esp, left temporal lobe.

Question 6

Pierre Paul Broca

Answer 6

named limbic system. large c-shaped fiber tracts in brain, related to emotion.
gets input from all sensory systems. smell is directly wired to limbic system; straight from amygdala.

Question 7

James Papez

Answer 7

Anatomist. 1935 noticed rabies victims experienced rage before dying.
Limbic system responsible for experience and expression of emotion.

Question 8

emotions

emotional salience

Answer 8

mediated by connections between limbic system and frontal lobes.
emotional salience: triggered by amygdala and transmitted to limbic system so you become emotionally aroused.

Question 9

hypothalamus

Answer 9

expression of emotions. conductor of endocrine orchestra. survival center.

1. releases hormones, part of mind-body interaction
2. sends commands to autonomic nervous system
3. drives 4Fs: fight, flight, feed, sex.

Question 10

evolutionary psychology

Answer 10

aka sociobiology. human traits and propensities can be attributed to natural selection.
is there a religious part of brain? why not a cooking part of brain?

Question 11

capgras syndrome, delusion

Answer 11

belief that parents or close family are impostors

Question 12

mitochondria

Answer 12

part of cell that supplies energy to cell

Question 13

Alfred Russel Wallace

Answer 13

Contemporary of darwin who also theorized about natural selection.
Latent ability: why do we evolve ability we don’t use, like ability to utter infinite sounds.

Question 14

angular gyrus

Answer 14

part of parietal cortex.
in left hemisphere:when damaged, leaves people unable to do do simple math.
in right hemisphere: when damaged, disrupts artistic ability.
maybe savants, brain damage in some parts causes remapping like phantom limb patients so that angular gyrus ability is enhanced?