Biopsychology

• Gray


  Argues animals & humans display an initial ‘freeze’ response
• Taylor et al


  Suggests women may be naturally more inclined to ‘tend and befriend’ (protecting children & forming alliances with other females or attackers)
• What did Gray's research into the Fight or Flight response suggest

  Options are not limited to fight or flight
• What did Taylor et al's research into the Fight or Flight response suggest

  Gender differences are present in response to threat
• Maguire et al


  Found increased grey matter in the hippocampus of Taxi Drivers than controls, increased volume in posterior hippocampus. Correlation found between amount of time as taxi driver and volume
• What does Maguire et al provide evidence for

  Localisation of brain functions
• Lashley


  Removed areas of cortex in rats, then had them learn a maze. Area of cortex removed had no effect on ability to learn maze so suggests no area more important than another for special & navigational memory
• What did Lashley's research suggest about Localisation of Function

  Learning is too complex to be localised and is more holistic
• Sperry


  Projected image/word/object to a specific hemisphere of 11 split brain patients, then gave them visual & tactile tasks, found no communication between hemispheres
• What did Sperry provide evidence for


  That neural processes are associated with a particular hemisphere