Key studies

Question 1

Techniques Used to Study the Brain – Post-Mortem Analysis

Answer 1

Milner (1958) ; Corkin (1997)

Broca (1861)

Question 2

Techniques Used to Study the Brain – MRI

Answer 2

Maguire (2000)

Luby et al. (2013)

Question 3

Techniques Used to Study the Brain – fMRI and PET Scans

Answer 3

Fisher et al. (2005)

Raine et al. (1997)

Question 4

Localisation of Function

Answer 4

Maguire (2000)

Luby et al. (2013)

Question 5

Neural Networks & Neural Pruning

Answer 5

Maguire (2000)

Draganski et al. (2004)

Question 6

Neurotransmitters & Their Effect on Behaviour

Answer 6

Fisher et al. (2005)

Brunner et al. (1993)

Question 7

Neurotransmitters – Agonists & Antagonists

Answer 7

Crockett et al. (2010)

Romach et al. (1999)

Question 8

Neurotransmitters – Excitatory & Inhibitory Synapses

Answer 8

Kraal et al. (2020)

Streeter et al. (2010)

Question 9

Genes & behaviour

Answer 9

Brunner et al. (1993)

Caspi et al. (2003)

Question 10

Genetic similarity

Answer 10

McGuffin et al. (1996)

Brunner et al. (1993)

Question 11

Evolutionary Explanations of Behaviour

Answer 11

Buss et al. (1989)

Clarke & Hatfield (1989)

Question 12

Models of Memory

Answer 12

Glanzer & Cunitz (1966)
Baddeley et al. (1973)

Question 13

Schema Theory

Answer 13

Bartlett (1932)

Riso et al. (2006)

Question 14

Thinking & Decision Making

Answer 14

Alter et al. (2007)

Lerner & Ma-Kellams (2016)

Question 15

Reconstructive Memory

Answer 15

Bartlett (1932)

Loftus & Palmer (1974)

Question 16

Cognitive Biases

Answer 16

Hamilton & Gifford (1976)

Piliavin et al. (1969)

Question 17

Flashbulb Memory

Answer 17

Brown & Kulik (1977)

Talarico & Rubin (2003)