Other Flashcards
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1
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What is meant by Dualism?
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- mind and brain are made of different kinds of substance
- body: physical and mortal / mind: non-physical and immortal
2
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What does the dual-aspect theory propose?
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Belief that mind and brain are two levels of description of the same thing
3
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What is meant by Reductionism?
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Belief that mind-based concepts will eventually be replaced by neuroscientific concepts
4
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What is Phrenology?
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Idea that individual differences in cognition can be mapped on to differences in skull shape
5
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What is functional specialization?
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Different regions of brain perform different functions
6
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Name five methods used in neuroscience.
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look up
7
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Explain the Study conducted by Gerloff.
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- performance of three overlearned finger sequences (piano)
- simple, scale and complex
- rTMS over SMA and PMC
- SMA: induced errors only in complex
- PMC: errors in complex and scale
- critical role of SMA in complex movement sequences that are rehearsed from memory
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Explain the study by Perini.
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- PA promotes learning
- Experiment 1: Orientation-Discrimination Task
- Experiment 2: Motor Task
- Groups: E1, E2, and both
- exercise significantly facilitated learning, persisting for at least 30min after exercise
