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COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE (Brain Research (1960's & beyond…

- - - - 4 major area - FPOT
        
        Frontal
        
        for higher functions 1) language 2) thought 3) memory 4) motor functions 5) problem solving 6) movement 7) spontaneity 8) personality 9) judgement
        
        Parietal (top)
        
        receives signals from touch system about 1) pressure 2) texture 3) temperature 4) pain
        
        Perception of stimuli
        
        Occipital (back)
        
        vision/ visual information is processed
        
        Temporal (sides)
        
        language
        
        memory
        
        hearing/auditory processing
        
        vision
      - Contralateral brain functions - connected by corpus callosum
        
        Left hemisphere - controls right side of body
        
        Right hemisphere - controls left side of body
- - - - Broca's Area
      - Wernicke's Area
- - - - X-ray techniques
        
        a) Cerebral Angiography
        
        b) Computed Tomography
        
        c) Computer Axial Tomography (CAT)
      - Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
    - - Electrophysiological Technique
        
        a) Electroencephalogram (EEG)
        
        b) Event-Related Potentials (ERPs)
      - Blood flow Technique
        
        a) Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
        
        b) Single Proton Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT)
        
        c) Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)
    - - a) PET Scan
      - b) fMRI