The Emergence Of Cognitive Neuroscience

Question 1

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Answer 1

-cognitive neuroscience has recently emerged
-as tech advanced
-where psychologists use brain scanning tech such as Fmri nd pet scans
-to investigate how brain activity may determine internal mental process such as memory
-cognitive neuroscience=scientific study of brain structure process nd chemistry that are respo for internal mental process

Question 2

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-Achieved by comparing brain scan imagine of ppl with disorder with WITHOUNT disorder
-to identify structural diff
-which would be physical location for cognitive processes in brain
-e.g with schizophrenia have larger ventricles compared to neurotypical individual

Question 3

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Answer 3

-e.g a research in cognitive neuroscience is Tulving investigating diff type of LTM
-ppt completed tasks requiring use of episodic nd semantic mem in PET scan
-from brain scans images Tulving identified diff part of LTM are located in diff areas of brain
-e.g hippocampus responsible for episodic mem nd temporal lobe for semantic mem

Question 4

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Answer 4

P-lacks mundane realism
E-require visualising task whilst receiving brain scan e.g visualising riding bike when receiving brain scan to identify role of motor cortex in procedural memory
E-may not represent the way internal mental process function in everyday life e.g realistically riding bike
L-lacks external validity

Question 5

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Answer 5

P-practical applications
E-theory based on principal of brain scanning tech, specific brain regions found responsible for for internal mental process such as Broca’s area producing language
E-identification of damage to Broca’s area led to use interventions such as neurohabilation where individuals can recover the lost function of speech nd therefore improving quality of life
L-impo part of applied psych