Psych - Unit 1 - Biological Basis of Behavior

Broca’s Area

Ability to talk

If lost: Expressive aphasia

Wernicke’s area

Ability to receive/understand language

If lost: Receptive Aphasia

Split Brain

Left and right lobes split

Brain plasticity - ability for brain to reroute messages

• better when younger

CAT/CT scans

Computerized Axial Tomography

• 3D Brain X-ray

• Finds tumors, bleeding, fractures

MRI

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

• multiple pictures using magnetic field

• Tissue damage, disease, inflammation, or tumor

EEG

Electroencephalograph

• Detect Brain Waves/Electrical output

• Sleep studies, Epilepsy

fMRI

Functional MRI

• Show blood flow and oxygen levels in blood