PSY 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Major Trauma, Pharyngeal Reflex, Auditory Cortex

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

Document Summary

Case study on brain disease or injury. Absolutely no interference on the part of the researcher. Interfering with brain function and observing the results. Optogenetic: genetically engineering neurons to respond to light waves. Sonogenetic: genetically engineering neurons to respond to sound waves. Measures the electrical activity in the brain. Uses a magnetic field to image the brain. Can see the anatomy and structure of the brain as well as any diseases. Uses radioactive material, such as glucose, which acts as a dye in the brain. Shows the most active regions of the brain. A kind of mri that tracks the flow of oxygenated blood through the brain. The more active the region, the oxygen is required, the brighter it will be in the image. A kind of mri that maps the neural connection in the brain. A kind of mri that allows researcher to study and measure the biochemistry of the brain. Lower brain structures (~500 million years old)