ways of studying the brain

• spacial awareness: pinpointing the exact origin
• fMRI:

  pros - non-invasive, objective and reliable measure

  cons - not a direct measure, only looks at blood flow, only looks at localised brain activity
• EEGs':

  pros - high temporal resolution, useful for clinical diagnosis

  cons - surface level, not useful for pinpointing exact location as activity can be picked up by multiple electrodes
• ERP's:

  pros - high temporal resolution, can measure brain activity despite behavioural response

  cons - changes are small so requires a large number of trails, deep brain activity is hard to spot
• post mortem:

  pros - detailed examination, Harrison claims they are key in finding out more about schizophrenia

  cons - lacks ecological validity as the person is dead, people can die in varieties of ways