Stuff got wrong

• Damage to the parietal lobe

  • Loss of understanding of spatial relations of the body
  • Problems in math, reading and writing
  • Difficulty in recognising the right and left
• Hind brain


  • Responsible for autonomic functions like fight or flight, or rest and digest
  • Maintains homeostasis in the body and natural survival behaviour like thirst or hunger
• The hind brain is responsible for the sleep wake cycle and keeping homeostasis during rest and digest which controls breathing patterns
• Fore-brain


  • Responsible for the processing of information in order to perform high order decision making which also involves risk assessment
  • Damage to this area would alter the ability to think clearly and alter behaviour
• Mid-brain


  • Responsible for sensory information processing
  • Damage to this area would stop the insect from being able to see clearly
• The cerebrum is involved in our higher-order functions such as logical thought, memory and speech
• Associated areas


  • Found in the Cerebral cortex in all areas that do not already have a specific function
  • Function is to assist the cerebral cortex with language and all other mental abilities
• Case studies


  • Helpful way of obtaining detailed and valuable descriptive information on behaviour and mental processes
  • Usually, no manipulation or control of variables
  • Valuable source of hypotheses for further researcher
  • Information from one case can be used to explore other similar cases
• Limitations of case studies

  • Time-consuming to undertake
  • Difficult to generalise findings from one person to the broader community
  • Sample size - usually based on one person and therefore difficult to generalise the results
  • Biased information from participants and researcher