cognitive neuroscience 21st C

Question 1

what helped cognitive neuroscience to emerge?

Answer 1

modern brain imaging techniques and procedures

Question 2

what is the approach

Answer 2

maps human behaviour to brain function
brain-imaging techniques allow psychologists to discover when and where things happen in the brain in relation to people’s behaviour at the time

Question 3

lesion studies

Answer 3

looking at people with brain damage to see how behaviour is affected

Question 4

electrophysiology

Answer 4

using electric and magnetic fields to measure brain activity and brain waves

Question 5

neuroimaging

Answer 5

pinpointing areas of the brain which are active when a task is performed eg PET scans have been used to show the brain areas that are most active during memory tasks