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Cognitve Neuroscience Flashcards

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What is cognitive neuroscience ?

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Study of relating brain structure to mental processes

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Applications of cognitive neuroscience

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  • use of scanning techniques to locate areas of the brain
  • use of computer theories to test theories
  • use of computer modelling to develop voice recognition programmes
  • use of eye tracking to study visual word processing and reading
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It is a scientific study of…

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the brain/neurological structures, mechanisms, processes, chemistry that is responsible for mental processes

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Strengths of cognitive neuroscience

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  • useful in establishing neurological basis of some disorders e.g. basal ganglia in OCD
  • research into memory
  • helped study the influence of brain structures
  • dominates main stream psychology today
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