Week 1 - Intro to the topic

Question 1

Patient A performs badly on task X and badly on task Y

Answer 1

Association

Question 2

Patient A performs badly on task X but is unimpaired on task Y

Answer 2

Single Dissociation

Question 3

Patient A performs badly on task X but is unimpaired on task Y. Patient B is the opposite.

Answer 3

Double Dissociation

Question 4

Modularity

Answer 4

Cognitive systems have multiple modules
Operate fairly independently
Domain specific
Functional localisation - modules map onto different anatomical regions
Functional specialisation- brain regions for specific functions

Higher order processes are less modular

Question 5

Universality

Answer 5

Functional architecture of cognitive system is invariant in humans
Therefore we can use brain damaged patients to infer normal brain functioning

Question 6

Subtractivity

Answer 6

Brain injury cannot introduce new modules only impair them or their pathways of communication

Question 7

An example of a double Dissociation

Answer 7

Broca’s area - speech production

Wernicke’s area - speech comprehension