Biopsychology Kalat Chapters 6 & 8

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Cortex in the brain

Prefrontal Cortex - active during a delay before a movement

Premotor Cortex - active before a movement

Inferior Temporal Cortex - complex shapes

Posterior Inferior Temporal Cortex - colors and brightness

Medial Superior Cortex - an area specialized for movement perception

Disorders that affect the brain

Prosopagnosia - failure to identify faces

Myasthenia Gravis -A disease in which acetylcholine receptors on muscle cells are destroyed so that muscles can no longer respond to the acetylcholine signal to contract. Symptoms include muscular weakness and progressively more common bouts of fatigue.

Visual Agnosia - An inability to recognize objects.

Parkinson's Disease - caused by low dopamine levels which causes motor problem