Cognitive Neuroscience

• Broca identified how damage to an area of the frontal lobe could permanently impair speech production
• What are some examples of brain imaging techniques?

  fMRI and PET
• With advances in brain imaging techniques, scientists have been able to systematically observe and describe the neurological basis of mental processes
• Scanning techniques are used in establishing the neurological basis of mental disorders (OCD)
• What has the focus of cognitive neuroscience expanded to include?

  Computer-generated models designed to 'read' the brain
• What has the use of computer-generated models in cognitive neuroscience led to?

  Development of mind-mapping techniques known as 'brain fingerprinting'
• What is one future use of cognitive neuroscience?

  Analysing the brain wave patterns of eyewitnesses
• Bucker and Peterson were able to show how episodic and semantic memory were located on opposite sides of the prefrontal cortex
• Cognitive neuroscience is the scientific study of the influence of brain structures on mental processes