PS260 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Agnosia, Ct Scan, Aphasia
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In this chapter, we lay a foundation regarding the brain and methods used to study the brain. We begin with an example of a bizarre syndrome that results from brain damage. Patients with capgras syndrome are able to recognize family and friends but believe that these people are not who they appear to be, that they are imposters. Takes the facial features and associates them with something emotional. Hypothesis testing in cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience complement each other. For instance, based on capgras syndrome, researchers might then hypothesize that the amygdala is important for other aspects of emotional memory: remembering emotional events in one"s life. Might have trouble with remembering the emotional events in ones life: making decisions that rest on emotional evaluations of the options. Have trouble with using emotions in the process of decision making. The simplest fact illustrated by capras syndrome is that different parts of the brain perform different jobs.
