Localisation of Function (A03)

Question 1

Strengths

Answer 1

• Evidence from brain scans
  Petersen et al (1988) used brain scans to identify that Wernicke’s area was active during a listening task and Broca’s area activates during a reading task.
• Case Studies
  Phineas Gage’s change in personality can be put down to the damage to his left frontal lobe

Question 2

Limitations

Answer 2

• The brain should be studied holistically
  Lashley (1950) removed areas of the cortex in rats that were learning maze routes. ​No area was found to be more important than another in learning the route so Lashley believed every cortex works together not separately.