PSYB65H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Grey Matter
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Chapter 7: how do we study the brain"s structure & functions? fnirs (functional near-infrared spectroscopy) noninvasive technique that gathers light transmitted through cortical tissue to image blood-oxygen consumption form of optical tomography. Neuropsychology study of the relations between brain function and behavior: methods of brain research began to emerge between wwi and wwii, eeg (electroencephalograph) was a major breakthrough hans berger in 1930s. Broca"s area: left frontal lobe, responsible for speech he could only say tan. Staining cerebral neurons: (viewed through a light microscope) Manipulating & measuring brain-behaviour interactions: one way to study the brain behavaiour relationship is by modifying the brain and see how the behavior is altered. Develop hypotheses about how the brain affects behavior. To test the hypotheses: another reason to manipulate the brain is to develop animal models of neurological and psychiatric disorders, brains can be manipulated eclectically, chemically, and through lesions.
