Ways Of Studying Post Mortems

Question 1

Post mortems
Works by

Answer 1

-b of dead pt examined
-dissected to see if any physical abnormalities

-b can be compared with brain that does not show this beh or mental process
-mainly used on ppl who have a rare disorder

Question 3

Post mortems
When are they used?

Answer 3

-one area of research has been the identification of Broca’s area
-impo brain area for speech production

Question 5

AO3 strength

Answer 5

P-invasive way to study b= possible to get more detailed examination of brain

E-possible trough solely using brain scan tech such as EEG nd ERP

E-e.g means research able to study deeper area of brain such as hypothalamus which helped understand brain functioning in many different beh

L-therefore inc val

Question 6

AO3 limitation

Answer 6

P-hard to establish cause nd effect as many extraneous variables

E-cannot easily controlled = how long a person has had a particular disorder,age at time of death or received drug treatment

E-make more challenging to interpret the role of specific brain area in beh

L-limts internal val of findings