PSY 3061 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Cerebral Cortex, Direct Manipulation Interface, Behavioral Neuroscience
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These approaches overlap often and many scientists approach their research using more than one division. Studies neural mechanisms by manipulating and recording the brain in controlled experimental settings o o. Almost always nonhuman subjects due to direct manipulation of the brain. Often pure research that contribute to theories, not to practical benefits. Manipulating brain behavior and activity with drugs. A lot of the research in this field is applied to develop therapeutic drugs or reduce drug abuse. Uses nonhuman subjects, and humans if ethically sound. Brain damage and its psychological effects in humans. Almost exclusively performed on patients who already have brain damage due to ethics. Cerebral cortex is most likely to be damaged. Most applied division of biopsychology to benefit patients with brain damage. Studies how physiology and psychology affect each other. Measures of muscle tension and eye movement are common. Autonomic nervous system (ans): regulates inner environment of body o.
