extras- spirituality, mechanosensory, lateral inhibition etc

patients with temporal lobe epilepsy sometimes report

spiritual experiences

What brain changes occur during meditation?

Increased activity in the prefrontal cortex, and decreased activity in the right parietal lobe — which may cause a sense of unity with the universe.

temporal lobe personality traits could become permanent over time because…

LTP makes synapses stronger with repetition

mechanosensory pathway (touch/pressure)

Primary ascends in the dorsal column

Synapses with secondary in the medulla

crosses and ascends to VPL

synapses with tertiary and ascends to S1

nociceptor pathway (pain/temp)

primary synapses with secondary in dorsal horn

secondary crosses spinal cord and ascends in anterolateral tract to VPL

synapses with tertiary in the VPL and goes to S1 (post central gyrus)

transduction

turning a physical stimulus into an electrical signal in the nervous system.

helps your visual system sharpen images and detect edges better

lateral inhibition