Mangun - Samenvattingen, Aantekeningen en Examens

PSY-402 Topic 3 DQ 1 Choose a perceptual difference that demonstrates an irregularity or dysfunction in one of the projection pathways. Explain how it could affect everyday life Class, Achromatopsia is a fancy way of saying color blind. A color blind person usually inherits this gene which has produced an abnormality in the photoreceptor system (Gazzaniga, Ivry & Mangun, 2013). Dichromat refers to those who are color blind who can only see two pigments of color: red and green if they are mi...

Psy 402 Topic 7 DQ 2 Chomsky’s theory on the evolution of language suggests that language is generative, meaning that humans have the ability to create a number of unique sequences. Do you agree or disagree with his theory? Give concrete examples from your readings to support your answer. Class, I do agree with Chomsky in the idea that language is degenerative. Language seems to be innate for humans as it is within the first months of a baby’s life that they make noises to receive mat...

PSY-402 Topic 2 DQ 2 Given your understanding of the functions of the different lobes of the brain, how might a person be affected by damage to the temporal lobe? Frontal lobe? Occipital lobe? Parietal lobe? Class, If a person’s temporal lobe is damaged the individual will have issues with audial and visual things because of the linguistic capabilities needed to discern logic and meaning from the audial and visual input (Frontal lobe, n.d.). Multi-modal processing areas of the brain are...

PSY-402 Topic 1 DQ2 Describe two methods of research for studying neural function (describe at least one that uses the behavioral or cognitive approach). How do these methods complement one another? What are the limitations of each method? Class, Both the MEG or magneto- encephalography and the electrocardiogram or ECoG are methods of research used to study the neural functioning and both use the behavioral approach. The MEG creates small magnetic fields. Neurosurgeons are able to localiz...

PSY-402 Topic 1 DQ2 Describe two methods of research for studying neural function (describe at least one that uses the behavioral or cognitive approach). How do these methods complement one another? What are the limitations of each method? Class, Both the MEG or magneto- encephalography and the electrocardiogram or ECoG are methods of research used to study the neural functioning and both use the behavioral approach. The MEG creates small magnetic fields. Neurosurgeons are able to localiz...

Psy 402 Topic 5 DQ 2 Discuss one type of memory deficit, including what part of the brain is affected and how memory processing is interrupted. Hi Professor and class, “Memory deficits and loss, known collectively as amnesia, can result from brain damage caused by surgery, disease, and physical or psychological trauma”(Gazzaniga, Ivry & Mangun, 2018). There are different forms of amnesia. One form is amnesia is called retrograde amnesia. It affects one thalamus and hippocampus. With...

PSY-402 Topic 2 DQ1 What does the case of Phineas Gage reveal about localization of functions in the brain? How can modern neuroscientists and psychologists learn from his injury? Class, The case of Phineas Gage has revealed much to the sciences. Within the topic of neuroscience, many have researched the case of Phineas Gage, but a study done in 2012 looked specifically at the recovery of Phineas Gage rather than the injury. Phineas Gage’s recovery had setbacks, but the fact he lived ...

NEU 202/PSY 259: Cognitive Neuroscience at Princeton University Ivy League. These notes cover in depth the first half of the course up to the midterm and earned this student an A and nearly a perfect score on this courses midterm. These notes will be helpful for any intro neuroscience or psychology course as it covers a wide range of relevant topics.

PSY-402 Topic 1 DQ1 Describe the emergence of cognitive psychology and neuroscience – what prompted the development of these fields, and what is significant about the shift from behaviorism to cognitive psychology and neuroscience? What can we understand about human behavior because of neuroscience that we could not have understood before? Class, The development of the neuroscience and cognitive psychology fields began with ideas that were either entirely rejected right from the get go li...

PSY-402 Topic 1 DQ1 Describe the emergence of cognitive psychology and neuroscience – what prompted the development of these fields, and what is significant about the shift from behaviorism to cognitive psychology and neuroscience? What can we understand about human behavior because of neuroscience that we could not have understood before? Class, The development of the neuroscience and cognitive psychology fields began with ideas that were either entirely rejected right from the get go li...