Experiments BCS units 3-6

Bunge et al. (2002)

Main topic: Frontal development


Key Finding: Children’s weaker inhibition → immature frontal lobe

Brown et al. (2019)

Main Topic: Acting & Self

Findings: Prefrontal deactivation = self-suppression

Samson et al. (2011)

Main Topic: Language processing

Findings: STG specialized for intelligible speech

Jiang et al. (2011)

Face recognition

FFA = face area → damage = prosopagnosia

Benuzzi et al. (2008)

Pain perception

Parietal/S1 activated by pain images

Reber (1967)

Implicit learning

Implicit grammar learning without awareness

Petersson et al. (2012)

fMRI of grammar
Broca’s area processes sequences (linguistic + non)

Maeder et al. (2001)

Auditory streams

Distinct “what/where” pathways in hearing

Posner & Keele (1968)

Prototype formation

Formation of abstract category prototypes

Zimmermann et al. (2012)

Attention switching

S1 + PMC active during attention switches

Parton et al. (2004)

Hemineglect

Loss of awareness on one side w/o sensory loss

Sperling (1960)

Iconic memory

Partial report shows large capacity, ~1 s duration

Ferrand et al. (1994)

Masked priming

Unconscious icons affect performance

Category-Cue test

Iconic limits

Sensory memory is pre-categorical

Echoic partial report

Auditory memory

Echoic memory lasts ~2–4 s > visual ~1 s