neuroscience

• What is cognitive neuroscience?

  The study of brain structures' influence on mental processes
• What has been mapped in cognitive neuroscience?

  Brain areas to specific cognitive functions
• Who identified Broca's Area?

  Paul Broca
• What happens when Broca's Area is damaged?

  It can impair speech production permanently
• When did Paul Broca make his discovery?

  In the 1860s
• What advancements have helped observe mental processes in the last twenty-five years?

  Brain imaging techniques like fMRI and PET scans
• What types of memory did Buckner and Peterson study?

  Episodic and semantic memory
• Where are episodic and semantic memories located according to Buckner and Peterson?

  On opposite sides of the prefrontal cortex
• What is the role of the central executive in working memory?

  It manages overall working memory functions
• Who proposed the location of the central executive?

  Braver et al. 1997
• What mental disorder is linked to the parahippocampal gyrus?

  Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• What role does the parahippocampal gyrus play in OCD?

  It processes unpleasant emotions
• What recent focus has cognitive neuroscience expanded to include?

  Computer-generated models to 'read' the brain
• What is 'brain fingerprinting'?

  A mind-mapping technique to analyze brain activity
• How could brain fingerprinting be used in court?

  To analyze eyewitness brain wave patterns
• What is a potential future application of cognitive neuroscience?

  Determining if eyewitnesses are lying