Psychology Paper 2 Flashcards
Sensory neurons
Short axon, long dendrites
Relay neuron
Short axon, short dendrites
Motor neuron
Long axon, long dendrites
Strength of localisation of function
Peterson used fmri to show wernickes was active duirng listening and brocas was during reading
Limitation of localisation of function
Case study research
Research support for functional recovery
Maguire et al
Practical applications of functional recovery
Helping brain damaged patients
Limitation of plasticity
Phantom limb sydrome is shite
Axonal sprouting
Growth of new nerve endings
Recruitment of homologous areas
Opposite side of brain is recruited
Neuronal unmasking
Dormant neurons are turned on
Effect of gender on functional recovery
Women are less localised and lateralised thn men so are better
Limitation of circadian rythms
Small sample sizes b of sifre
Strength of exo zeit prac app
Jet lag treatment sort econoy out
Reearch suppot of exo zeit
Light on back of knee study
Research support of endo pace
Siffre
EEG
Reaction to stimulus with general response of brain
ERP
Isolation of specific responses in EEG data
Imitation of post mortem
Cannot prove causation
What are used for internal mental processes
Inferences