post mortem exam

• what is a post-mortem examination?

  it is the analysis of a persons brain following their death,
• one strength of post-mortem exams.

  they allow for a more detailed examination of neuroanatomical and neurochemical parts of the brain than would be possible with any non-invasive techniques.
• one strength of post-mortem exams.

  Harrison (2000) claims that post-mortem studies have played a central part in our understanding of the origins of schizophrenia
• one weakness of post-mortem exams.

  causation is an issue, observed damage to the brain may not be linked to particular behaviours.
• one weakness of post-mortem exams.

  this approach is limited because it is retrospective as the person is already dead, therefore they cannot follow up with anything they can find.