PSYC 2410 Study Guide - Superior Temporal Gyrus, Postcentral Gyrus, Precentral Gyrus
1 Aug 2013
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Quasi-experimental: when experimental method is too physical and unethical, find people exposed to conditions in their own life. Physiological psychology: study of neural mechanisms of behavior by manipulating the. Psychopharmacology: effects of drugs on the brain, animals, applied and basic. Neuropsychology: effects of brain damage, basic and applied, patient care and counseling, human (case studies) Psychophysiology: relationship between physiology and psychological responses, human, non invasive, basic and applied. Cognitive neuroscience: patterns between brain activity and task, human, non invasive. Comparative psychology / ethology: study of animal in ecological and evolutionary complex reality. Jimmie g: the man who mistook his wife for a hat. Could not form new memories, was an alcoholic. Current diagnosis: korsakoff"s syndrome: not caused by alcohol rather from vitamin bi deficiency, not getting the calories from nourishment, rather from the alcohol. Effects of alcohol on brain damage are indirect (interferes with metabolism) Can speed up effects of neurodegeneration and brain damage.
