PSYCH 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Electromagnetic Induction, Twin Study

• School: Cornell University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 1101
• Professor: David Pizarro

Document Summary

Expensive, can be uncomfortable: sitting in a large coffin , example: transcranial magnetic stimulation (tms) Physiological methods: can correlate psychological state w/ physiological response. Developmental methods: cross-sectional, ex: compare 3yo to 5yo, longitudinal, look at kids at age 3, then again at age 5, twin studies, identical vs. fraternal, reared together vs. reared apart, experimental methods , preferential looking techniques. Babies can look and use facial expressions to show responses even when they can"t talk: reaction time measures. Simple computer-based categorization task: measures association between concepts, ex: race, age, gender and good vs. bad . The importance of paying attention: the most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not eureka!" but that"s funny " , just from being very very observant. There are people who study the brain who are psychologists--people interested in how the brain causes the mind.