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1st year psychology - Neuropsychology summary

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Intro to Psychology Part 1 (PSY1004F)

Institution
University Of Cape Town (UCT)

Book
Psychology

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CHAP BRAIN &
7
TER Biological &
BEHAVIOUR
Neuropsychology
Neurospcyh – study influence of brain on persons functioning
 Diagnose neurological disease
 Organic (physical damage) vs non-organic (cant see) disease
 Differentiation of normal ageing
 Academia
 Hospital & rehab settings

 Medico-legal settings

Why we study it?
 Divided into distinct parts w/own functions
 Forms basis of:
-Cognition & thoughts
-Emotion
-Behaviours
 Various medical condition

Studying brain methods:
-Neuropsychological tests

IQ tests

Domain specific tests (memory test etc)

>Diff approaches:

Approach Pros Cons
Standard battery(fixed) ->All abilities tested ->Long
-Evaluate ALL major skills ->Good for beginners ->Expensive
-ALL tests given to ALL patients ->Objective interpretation based on ->Scores might not reflect single
-WHY patient NB normative data cognitive process
->Only as good as standardisation
Process Approach ->Acknowledge individuality ->Biased by clinician
(Hypothetico-Deductive) ->Focus on NB deficits ->Difficult to teach
-Patient-specific ->HOW ->not useful in large-scale research
-Assessment varies ->Reliant on:
-Conclusion – Qualitative -Theoretical knowledge

, interpretation & behaviour -Clinical literature
Middle ground approach Flexible approach

Methods to study Brain

-Destruction/lesioning & stimulation

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-Neuroimaging

 Info on damage location – correlate w/ behaviour changes
 Size, volume & extent
 Structural imaging – CT & MRI
 Function imaging – EEG, PET, Functional MRI

-Electrical recording - EEG

THE NEROUS SYSTEM

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