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Lecture 1 notes Biopsychology (PSY1004F)
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BIOPSYCHOLOGYIntroduction & Organization of the Nervous System
Neuropsychology:
- Study of the function of the brain by looking at effects of brain
damage of body functions
- Science concerned with integration of psychological observations on
behaviour and the mind with neurological observations on the brain
and nervous system
Roles of Neuropsychologists
- Diagnosis of neurological disease
- Organic vs. non-organic (functions, emotional) disease
- Differentiation of normal aging
- Hospital & rehab settings
- Academia – research psychology
- Private practice and medico-legal settings
Causes of brain injury
Diagnosis of Neurological Disease
- Infer behavioural changes from brain injury
- Or determine brain injury from behavioural changes
- Left Hemisphere: language production and comprehension
- Infer from either scans (infarcts) and/or behaviour
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