Strength 2

___________ evidence supports localisation of language function and memory function in the brain

Brain scan

Peterson et al (1988) demonstrated using brain scans that Wernicke's area was active during __________ tasks and BrocaSs area was active during a ________ task

Listening

Reading

This supports the idea that in fact those areas are indeed involved and responsible for speech ____________________ respectively and that brain function for speech must be __________ on certain parts of the brain

Comprehension and production

Located

Tulving et al (1994) also used brain scans to demonstrate that _________ (events like birthdays) and ________ (knowledge) memories are stored in different parts of the __________ cortex to each other

Episodic

Semantic

Pre-frontal

This scanning evidence is particularly useful as it is __________________ support for the idea that different function are localised in different parts of the brain

Scientific and objective