Biopsychology: localisation of function (neurosurgery evaluation)

Question 1

What does neurosurgery involve?

Answer 1

.surgically removing or destroying areas of the brain to control aspects of behaviour.

Question 2

Who developed neurosurgery as a way to study the brain?

Answer 2

Walter freeman

Question 3

when did Walter freeman develop neurosurgery?

Answer 3

1940

Question 4

What evidence goes against the idea neurosurgery supports?

Answer 4

Lashely

Question 5

What did lashley say?

Answer 5

.he argued that basic motor and sensory functions are localised but higher mental functions are not and that the higher mental functions require communication across different regions

Question 6

what did lashely do?

Answer 6

.he removed 10-50% of rats brains who were learning a maze
.found no one area was more important than the other