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