Cognitive neuropsycho Samenvattingen, Aantekeningen en Examens

Describe the basic idea of information processing in cognitive psychology correct answers We receive information from our senses, and then process thatinformation based onmental representationsthat we have (prior knowledge of concepts, memories, etc.) What is the difference between an independent and dependent variable? correct answers IV: The variable in an experiment manipulated by the researcher. DV: The variable in an experiment that is being evaluated by the researcher. What does the...

Cognitive Neuropsychology correct answers Testing theories of how people are able to carry out tasks of cognition by studying cognitive performance in people with brain damage. double dissociation correct answers when two related mental processes are shown to function independently of each other association correct answers converging operations correct answers ABBA design correct answers Experimental design in which two different tasks (A and B) are presented in the order A, B, B,...

Basal Ganglia correct answers FUNCTION: Codes and relays information associated with voluntary movement. Responsible for posture. STRUCTURE: Interface for cortex and cerebellum. Includes substantia nigra. DISORDER: Parkinson's disease with reduced levels of dopamine. DAMAGE: can lead to Akinesia, Bradykinesia, Tremors or Hyperkinesia Cerebellum correct answers FUNCTION: Balance, muscle tone, coordinating movement and posture. STRUCTURE: Makes up the hindbrain (pons + medulla)...

What kind of research question can be answered by means of the fMRI and the EEG, respectively? correct answers While both are functional neuroimaging techniques and therefore are concerned with the functional aspect of the brain rather than the structural, the fMRI (because of its ability to visualazie the BOLD contrast) should be used to determine the location of a certain brain function and the EEG should (because of its high temporal resolution) be used to determine the sum of all electrica...

Ik heb dit vak afgerond met een 9 (alleen uit mijn eigen samenvattingen geleerd). Dit is een complete, uitgebreide samenvatting van de literatuur van 'Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of the Mind' van Gazzaniga (hoofdstukken relevant voor Radboud Universiteit).

summary for the second course of the major/minor of Cognitive Neuropsychology

Ik heb dit vak afgerond met een 9 (vooral deze verkorte samenvatting goed geleerd). Dit is een verkorte samenvatting van alle literatuur (uit het boek van Gazzaniga, 5e editie) en de 13 hoorcollege van de Radboud Universiteit. Ik heb ook een uitgebreide literatuur-samenvatting en uitgebreide college-aantekeningen op mijn account. :)

Cognitive Neuropsychology correct answers a branch of cognitive psychology, studying how people carry out cognitive tasks normally from the impairments Goals for Cognitive Neuropsychology correct answers 1. develop theories about how the cognitive function is normally carried out 2. use theories to explain the particular patterns of preserved and impaired abilities in people Modes of Explanation? correct answers Deficits occur because of a disruption to psychological processes rather tha...

Language resides within what areas of the brain? correct answers frontal and temporal lobes a clinical condition in which there is a breakdown in language function after brain insult correct answers aphasia What region is responsible for speech output? correct answers anterior regions of the left hemisphere What type of aphasia experiences telegraphic speech? correct answers Broca's aphasia What region is responsible for speech comprehension? correct answers posterior regions of the...