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CHAP BRAIN &
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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
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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