Chap 3: Brain investigations

Question 1

Thomas Wills

Answer 1

Thomas Wills had developed the terms ‘hemisphere’ and ‘lobe’ to discuss the brain. He determined automatic processes are controlled by specific areas

Question 2

Claudius Galen

Answer 2

Claudius Galen was one of the first to study the brain in detail. He deduced the brain played an important role in sensation

Question 3

Franz Joseph Gall

Answer 3

suggested that personality was directly linked to brain structures, and is noted for the development of phrenology

Question 4

Phrenology

Answer 4

Is a pseudoscience that suggests our mental abilities and personality are controlled by 37 areas of the brain and that the shape and size of the skull can be measured to determin a person’s character

Question 5

Neuroimaging technquies

Answer 5

1. Position emssion temography (PET)

2. Magnetic resonace imaging (MRI)

Question 6

Position emssion temography (PET) defintion

Answer 6

A technique that measures the volume and location of blood flow in the brain by tracking a radioactive substance (e.g. glucose) that has been injected into the person’s bloodstream

Question 7

Magnetic resonace imaging (MRI) defintion

Answer 7

A neuroimaging procedure that uses harmless magaentic feilds and radio waves to produce a computer-enhanced image of the brain.

Question 8

Electical brain stimulation and measurement

Answer 8

1. Electrical stimulation of the brain (ESB)

2. Electroencephalograph (EGG)

Question 9

Electrical stimulation of the brain (ESB) defintion

Answer 9

A technquie that sends mild electrical impluses through a probe to map brain

Question 10

Electroencephalograph (EGG) defintion

Answer 10

A device that detects, amplifies and records elctrical activity in the brain in the form of brainwaves