Neuroscience

• Emergence of cognitive neuroscience

  • Not until 1970s cognitive neuroscience took place
  • Modern brain imaging allowed cognitive neuroscience emerged
• Emergence of cognitive neuroscience

  • Maps human behaviour to brain function
  • Allow to discover where and when things happen
• Cognitive neuroscience methods

  Lesion studies:

  Looking at people with brain damage to see how behaviour affected

  Electrophysiology:

  Electric and magnetic fields to measure to brain activity and waves

  Neuroimaging:

  Pinpoint areas of brain active when task performed
• Strengths of cognitive approach

  • Mental processes overlooked in other approaches
  • Big influence on development of therapies
• Weakness of cognitive approach

  • Research often in artificial situation
  • Role of emotion and influence from other people is often ignored
  • Don't apply to the real world
  • Failures to factor individual differences