MT1.2 Flashcards
occipital
- Occipital Lobe(back part of brain)
- Receive input from the eyes
temporal:
- Temporal Lobe(bottom of brain under parietal lobe)
- Hearing
frontal:
-personality, behavior, emotion, intelligence.
Front of brain
parietal lobes:
Located at the top of the brain directly behind the frontal lobes and responsible for interpreting bodily sensations (touching sensations)
brain plasticity
our brain is constantly reorganizing (not done till early 20’s)
-Allows to composite from damages (ex. Hemispherectomy)
Hemispherectomy
surgical procedure where one cerebral hemisphere is removed
Difference between sensation and perception
Sensation- Detecting & encoding stimuli(sensory receptor gets info)
Perception- Organization & interpreting info (Brain kicks in)
What ARE your sensory abilities and sensory organs?
- See, Hear,Touch,Taste,Smell
- Eyes, Ears, Hands,Mouth, Nose
*Vision-structure of eye
Starts with
- Cornea
- Pupil
- Iris
- Lens
- Retina
- Macula
- Optic Nerve
- brain
After image
The visual image that persists after the stimulus is removed
ex. when you look at a light and look away you still see it