PSYC 3550 Final: WEEKLY
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Explain: modern cognitive neurosciences takes after gall more because. Gall"s work did better at explaining how the brain is structed in a way that every part has a different important function. Lashley"s explanation was less accurate, stating the cortex acts as a whole unit function: what are the assumptions underlying lesion studies, the assumption made underlying lesion studies are that locality and spatial contiguity are related to causal contiguity. Con = data is not specific: erp. Pro = it is a direct method and doesnt require much equipment therefore cheap. Con = patient can distort image with any slight movement. What was the main finding of the beeman et al. "aha" study: the main finding of the beeman et al. Problems solved with analytical thinking evidently increased activation of the right anterior superior temporal gyrus, which is consistent with the data provided by the eeg.
