Cognitive nueroscience

Question 1

Cognitive neuroscience

Answer 1

Scientific study of internal mental processing and brain structure is due to brain scans

Used to compare a person with disorder and without

The brain scturicture is diffrent

Eg types of LTM located in different areas of the brain for example the hippocampus is responsible for episodic memory

Question 2

Cognitive neuroscience Ao3 strength

Answer 2

Scientific methods, so uses scientific enquiry to investigate human behaviour

Based on objective and empirical techniques of brain scans such as PET and FMRIs

Used in order to identify which areas of the brain are responsible for specific mental processes e.g tulving found hippocampus is responsible for episodic memmory

Increases overall internal validity of cognitive neuroscience raising psychology’s status

Question 3

Cognitive neuroscience Ao3 limitation

Answer 3

Lacks mundane realism

As they require visualising of a task whilst receiving brain scans

e.g visualising riding a bike when receiving a brain scan to identify role of motor cortex in procedural memmory

May not represent internal mental processes function in everday life e.g physically riding a bike

Thus finding from neuroscience research lack external validity

Question 4

Strength of cognitive nuerosicuecne Ao3

Answer 4

Practical applications

Theory based on principle that from brain scanning techniques, specific brain region have been found

E.g Broca’s area to produce language

Identification of damage to the Broca’s area led to use of intervention such as nuerohabilitation

Thus cognitive neuroscience is an important part of apppied psychology