Cognitive Neuroscience
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- Q1
Cognitive Neuroscience attempts to explain human behaviour by scientifically studying the brain structures, mechanisms and processes that are responsible for thinking.
truefalseTrue or False60s - Q2
Cognitive Neuroscience attempts to explain human behaviour by scientifically studying the ..... mechanisms and processes that are responsible for thinking.
experiences,
learning,
brain structures,
genes,
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This relatively new field of psychology brings together the cognitive approach and the ...... approach to offer a more holistic understanding of human behaviour.
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This relatively new field of psychology brings together the cognitive approach and the biological approach to offer a more ..... understanding of human behaviour.
determinist
reductionist
empirical
holistic
60s - Q5
Cognitive neuroscience studies focuses only on the effects of damage to the brain and the changes in thought processes that result.
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The discovery that specific areas of the brain could be linked to specific thought processes triggered a ...... shift from a holistic view of the brain, to a shared belief that cognitive functions are localised.
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The discovery that specific areas of the brain could be linked to specific thought processes triggered a paradigm shift from a ..... view of the brain, to a shared belief that cognitive functions are localised.
deterministic
localised
reductionist
holistic
60s - Q8
Cognitive neuroscience combines the experimental methods of cognitive psychology with the use of advanced technology to study and .....
dissect the brain
map the brain
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Group the following:
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fMRIs are used to study how different populations of neurons respond on a millisecond-to-millisecond basis as they process different types of information.
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fMRIs are used to differentiate between the brain activity of a normal brain (neurotypical) and an atypical brain.
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Cognitive neuroscientists have shown that the brain wave patterns of eye witnesses can be analysed to determine whether they are lying in court.
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Cognitive Neuroscience has found that different types of ......... memory (episodic and semantic) may be located on opposite sides of the pre-frontal cortex.
long term memory
short term memory
60s - Q14
Which of the following is not likely to be a discovery made by cognitive neuroscientists?
the healthy brain changes with age
the function of an addict’s brain is different to a non-addict
stress in middle age affects women’s brains differently from men’s
emotions are caused by our genetic make up
60s - Q15
Cognitive neuroscientists explore how individual ...... operate and communicate to form complex cell assemblies (clusters of linked ...... that all fire together to complete a task) that make up the human brain.
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