Physiological (S+W)

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Physiological (S+W)
  1. Use of sophisticated equipment such as MRI scanners which provide an objective and precise way of measuring brain structure.
    1. E.g. Maguire et al.'s study the researchers were able to scan living brains using MRI technology which enabled the researchers to gain lots of quantitative and objective data about the density of the grey matter of the hippocampus.
      1. A scientific approach using laboratory type experiments.
        1. E.g. Dement and Kleitman's study of sleep and dreaming, the participants were studied under tightly controlled conditions.
      2. Useful as it may be used to diagnose and develop treatments and therapies for illnesses or problems.
        1. E.g. Maguire et al. suggested that their study has implications for those who have suffered brain injury or disease because they demonstrate the plasticity of the brain.
          1. the development of anti-depressant drugs which are more controversial partly because of the side effects that may occur.
          2. Testing behaviour in laboratory conditions the measurement of behaviour often lacks validity.
            1. E.g. Dement and Kleitman measured sleep in laboratory conditions which is not typical of how people normally sleep. Therefore asking people to sleep with electrodes attached to their scalp and face is low in ecological validity.
              1. Similarly Sperry's participants were asked to complete unusual tasks which again are not typical of everyday behaviours.
              2. Costly and time-consuming because of the use of sophisticated equipment and lengthy procedures.
                1. This often leads to such studies having small samples E.g. Dement and Kleitman study which only studied 5 participants in depth = not representative & hard to generalise.
                  1. Sperry was only able to 11 ppts whom had undergone disconnection of the cerebral hemispheres.
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