State an example of a non-emergency reaction caused by fight-or-flight.
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localisation of function
What is the idea that specific functions have specific locations within the brain called?
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hemispheric lateralisation
What is the idea that the two hemispheres of the brain are functionally different and are responsible for different behaviours?
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cerebral cortex
What is the outer layer of both brain hemispheres called?
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corpus callosum
What is the 'bridge' that connects the two brain hemispheres, allowing communication between the two halves called?
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right hemisphere
Which hemisphere is dominant in recognising emotions?
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left hemisphere
Which hemisphere is responsible for language processing?
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motor cortex
Which part of the brain sends messages to the muscles and is responsible for generating voluntary motor movements?
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frontal lobe
Where is the motor cortex located?
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somatosensory cortex/area
Which is the area of the brain that processes sensory information?
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parietal lobe
Where is the somatosensory cortex located?
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visual area/cortex
Which part of the receives and processes visual information?
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occipital lobe
Where is the visual area located in the brain?
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auditory area/cortex
Which part of the brain is concerned with the analysis of speech-based information?
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temporal lobe
Where is the auditory area located?
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speech production
What is Broca's area responsible for?
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left frontal lobe
Where is the Broca's area located in the brain?
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Wernicke's area
Which area of the brain (B) is responsible for language comprehension?
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temporal lobe in the left hemisphere (encircling the auditory cortex)
Where is the Wernicke's area located?
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Broca's aphasia
Which condition is characterised by speech that is slow, laborious and lacking fluency?
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Wernicke's aphasia
Which condition is characterised by neologisms (nonsense words)?
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case studies of brain damaged patients / brain scan
Where does evidence to support localisation of functions come from?
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Paterson et al (1988)
Who used brain scans to demonstrate how Wernicke's area was active during a listening task and Broca's area was active during a reading task?
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too simplistic
What is the main point of criticisms for the localisation theories?
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split-brain research
What is the research conducted by Sperry to help understand hemispheric lateralisation?
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11 patients that had their corpus callosum removed
What was the sample in Sperry's study?
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to remove severe epileptic seizures
Why do the patients had their corpus callosum removed?
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If the image is shown to the right visual field, they can describe it; but if it is shown to the left visual field, they report that there is nothing there
What were the results when participants were asked to describe what they see in Sperry’s research?
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the patient select the object that was most closely associated with the object presented to the left visual field
What is the results when the patients are asked to select an object using their left hand?
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left hemisphere
Which hemisphere processes the right visual field (RVF)?
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low population validity
What is a problem with the small sample size in Sperry's study?
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lowers internal validity
What if the patients were taking drugs in the split-brain research?
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JW
Name a case study that contradicts Sperry's research from Gazzaniga (1998). The case study can speak using their right hemisphere
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well-controlled
What was a strength of the split-brain research?
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Szflarski (2006)
Who suggests that lateralisation may be further complicated by age?
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neural plasticity
What is the term used to describe the ability of the brain to change in response to experience?
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spontaneous recovery
What is the term used to describe the idea that recovery occurred quickly after trauma and then slows down?
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synaptic pruning
What is the process that can occur at any stage of life in which rarely used connections are eliminated and frequently used connections are strengthened?
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secondary neural pathways
What is unmasked or activated to enable functioning of the brain to continue? This "pathway" would not normally be used to carry out certain functions
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axonal sprouting
What is the growth of new nerve ending which connect with other undamaged nerve cells to form new neuronal pathways?
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axonal sprouting / reformation of blood vessels / recruitment of similar areas on the opposite side of the brain
Name a structural change in the brain that supports the unmasking of secondary neural pathways
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age / gender
Name a factor that affects the recovery of the brain after trauma
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Maguire et al (2000)
Who used an MRI scanner to scan the brains of London taxi drivers and found that they had significantly more volume of grey matter in the posterior hippocampus?
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Kempermann et al (1998)
Who found that rats placed in complex environments had an increased number of new neurons that rats housed in laboratory cages?
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neurorehabiliation
What practical application has plasticity contributed to?
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Ramachandran and Hirstein (1998)
Who found that 60-80% of amputees have been known to develop phantom limb syndrome, which caused an unpleasant feeling that the missing limb is still there?
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functional magnetic resonance imaging
What does fMRI stand for?
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electronencephalogram
What does EEG stand for?
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event-related potentials
What does ERPs stand for?
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Haemodynamic response
What happens when a brain area is more active, consumes more oxygen and to meet this increased demand, blood flow is directed to the active area?
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3D images
Which type of image does fMRI produce?
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5 seconds
What is the time-lagged between the image produced and brain activity in fMRI scans?
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detect activity in deeper regions / records specific brain activity for localisation
Name a strength of fMRI
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expensive / ignores communication between areas / low temporal resolution
Name a weakness of fMRI
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EEG
Which method of studying the brain measures electrical activity within the brain via electrodes on a skull cap?
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high temporal resolution / cheap / has practical application / takes into account communication between areas
What is a strength of using EEG?
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cannot detect image from deeper brain regions (hypothalamus)
What is a weakness of using EEG scans
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statistical analysis
What does ERPs use to filter out specific types of brainwaves that relate to a specific function?
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lack of standardisation in which statistical test to use
What is a weakness of using ERPs that is not a weakness of EEG?
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post-mortem examinations
What is the analysis of a person's brain following their death?
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