Psychology 3325 Lecture Notes - David H. Hubel, Visual Cortex, Heredity
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Understanding the limitations of brain methods strength of conclusion depends on quality of control. Must be careful when we interpret functional role of particular brain region, regardless of technique being used. Vanderwolf and cain point out many possible confounds that can occur in system as complicated as brain: modules within brain are highly interconnected with many feedback loops between different regions. Problems of generalizaiton research is highly specialized and tasks that are used are developed for specific purposes; more study is needed before many of these findings can be applied to real-world problems. Biology and culture: environmental effects on brain development. Maguire, using fmri found that taxi cab drivers in london brains" were physically different than other people. Evidence for effects of experience on brain development: Rosenzweig began research study 25 eyars ago to exmine question: Delivered litters of rats and placed them in different environments enriched or impoverished.
