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Lecture 2 Flashcards

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Within subjects

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E.g., All participants in the experiment receive 6 levels of making noise.

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Between subjects

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E.g., multiple samples tested - 3 treatment types for anxiety: none, antidepressants, cognitive therapy.

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Randomisation

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Assigning participants to a sample is not determined by a third variable; all members of the population of interest have an equal chance to be selected in the sample.

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Internal validity

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The experiment should be designed and carried out in such a way that inferences about causal relationships between X and Y are accurate.

  • Related to factors within the experiment.
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External validity

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The causal relationship between X and Y should be constant across samples, cultures, etc.

  • Related to generalisability of results.
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Validity

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Measuring what you wish to measure.

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Reliability

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Consistency of measure

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Quantitative measures

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Represent values or counts expressed as numbers.

  • Systematic scientific investigations in order to quantify phenomenon.
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Qualitative measures

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Represent assigned names, labels or values.

  • Detailed insights into individual experiences, understanding, motivation, thoughts, feelings, etc.
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Grey matter

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Contains the cell bodies, dendrites and the axon terminals - where all the synapses are.

  • 40% of the brain.
  • Contains most of the brains neuronal cell bodies.
  • Fully develops once a person reaches their 20s.
  • Conducts, processes, and sends information to various parts of the body.
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White matter

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Is made up of axons, which connect different parts of grey matter to each other.

  • Makes up 60% of the brain.
  • Made up of bundles which connect various grey matter areas.
  • Develops throughout the 20s and peaks in middle age.
  • Interprets sensory information from various parts of the body.
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The neuron - what it contains (6)

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  1. Dendrite
  2. Nucleus
  3. Soma (cell body)
  4. Myelin sheath
  5. Axon terminal
  6. Axon
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Dendrite and Axon facts (2)

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Dendrites receive signals, axons transmit them
Most neurons have a lot of dendrites and only have on axon.

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The 4 lobes + location

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  1. Frontal (top, left)
  2. Parietal (top, right)
  3. Temporal (bottom, left)
  4. Occipital (bottom, right).
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Gyri and Sulci

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Gyri: a ridge on the surface of the brain.
Sulci: fissures surrounding the gyri.
Sulcus are the valleys, gyrus are the hills.

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Paul Broca

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Patient with specific damage in left frontal lobe lost the ability to produce spoken language, but understanding of speech was intact.

  • Broca’s area.
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Carl Wernicke

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Patient with specific damage in upper-left temporal lobe had impaired understanding of language but had no problem with speech formation.

  • Wernicke’s area.
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Phineas Gage

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Quiet, conscientious, well mannered prior to the accident (frontal lobe damage with a pole going through his head) v. irresponsible, indecisive, irritable, use of profane language after the accident.

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Split brain patients

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Corpus callosum (thick band of nerve fibres that allow hemispheres to communicate) severed.

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Computerised axial Tomography (CT scan)

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Multiple X-rays combined into the single image.

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Magnetic Resonance imaging (MRI)

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Powerful magnet causes charged molecules to re-align to produce field distortions that can be measured.

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Single-cell recordings

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Activity (action potential or ‘firing’) of a neuron measured by an electrode.

  • High temporal resolution, precise localisation.
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Electroencephalography (EEG)

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Electrodes on the scalp can detect electrical activity.

  • Voltage fluctuations resulting from ionic (sodium) currents.
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Magnetoencephalography (MEG)

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Measures magnetic fields produced by electrical brain activity (e.g., the flow of electrically charged ions through neurons).

  • High temporal resolution, good localisation.
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Functional Magnetic Resonance imaging (fMRI)

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fMRI detects changes in blood flow, because activated brain regions need energy which is supplied by blood.

  • Relatively poor temporal resolution, good localisation.
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Positron emission tomography (PET)

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Measures blood flow in the brain via radioactive markers.

  • Relatively poor temporal resolution.
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Measuring brain structure methods (7)

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  1. CT scan
  2. MRI
  3. fMRI
  4. Single-cell recordings
  5. EEG
  6. MEG
  7. PET
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Altering brain activity methods (2)

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  1. TMS
  2. tCDS
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Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

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Uses magnetic fields to stimulate or inhibit nerve cells.

  • Often a therapeutic implementation - can reduce depression.
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Transcranial direct current stimulation

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Stimulates parts of the brain.

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What is ‘sensation’?

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Awareness of stimulus due to stimulation of a sense organ.

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What is ‘perception’?

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Organisation, identification and interpretation of a sensation to a form of mental representation.

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Psychophysics (2 key S’s)

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Methods that measure the strength of a stimulus and the observer’s sensitivity to that stimulus.

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Absolute threshold

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Minimal intensity required to just detect a stimulus.

  • Threshold = successful detection on 50% of trials.
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Weber’s Law (JND)

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JND is a constant proportion of the standard - this proportion is called the Weber fraction.

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Signal Detection Theory

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Assumes that a stimulus is always presented against a background of internal noise.

  • Stimulus activity is added to the constant noise signal.
  • The individual decides whether the observed activity originates from ‘noise alone’ or from ‘stimulus + noise’.
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D-prime

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A measure of an individuals ability to detect signals.

  • More specifically, a measure of sensitivity or discriminability derived from SDT that is unaffected by response bias.
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Liberal response criterion

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Many hits, but also many false alarms.

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Conservative response

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Many correct rejections, but also many misses.

Cognitive psychology (13 decks)

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