1. UNIT 3 THE CONSCIOUS SELF
AREA OF STUDY 1: MIND, BRAIN & BODY

2. STUDIES ON COGNITIVE PROCESSES OF THE BRAIN
Examining studies of individuals with damage to particular areas of their brain, and the resulting affect on behaviour is important in revealing a great deal about brain structure and function
STUDIES OF APHASIA
BROCA’S APHASIA
WERNICKE’S APHASIA
SPATIAL NEGLECT
SPLIT-BRAIN STUDIES
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3. STUDIES OF APHASIA FLUENT APHASIAS NON-FLUENT APHASIAS PURE APHASIAS
APHASIA = a language disorder apparent in speech (comprehension or production), writing or reading caused by injury to brain areas specialised for these functions
FLUENT APHASIAS
Speech is fluent but there are difficulties in either auditory verbal comprehension
NON-FLUENT APHASIAS
Difficulties in articulating but auditory comprehension is good
PURE APHASIAS
Specific impairments in reading, writing or the recognition of words
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4. STUDIES OF APHASIA BROCA’S APHASIA
Also known as
Non-fluent aphasia
Expressive aphasia
Motor aphasia
A person has difficulty speaking, although they continue to understand speech
Speech consists of very short sentences (3 or 4 words) and are usually only verbs and nouns (eg. “went home, visit brother”)
Speech comprehension can be affected as well (eg. the boy hugged the girl vs. the boy was hugged by the girl)
Usually aware of their own language difficulties
SEE BOX 4.7 (pg.199)
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5. STUDIES OF APHASIA WERNICKE’S APHASIA
Also known as
Fluent aphasia
Sensory aphasia
Receptive aphasia
A person has difficulty comprehending speech and speaking in a meaningful way
They have fluent, grammatically correct language but what they say is nonsense (eg. I used to be able to work cigarettes. I don’t know how, things I couldn’t hear from are here)
Little or no awareness of their condition
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6. HOMEWORK LEARNING ACTIVITY 4.13 (pg.200)
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7. SPATIAL NEGLECT
An attentional disorder whereby Individuals fail to notice anything either on their left or right side
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8. SPATIAL NEGLECT Also known as: Hemineglect Hemispatial neglect
Neglect syndrome
Contralateral neglect
Unilateral neglect
Usually as a result of extensive damage to the rear area of the parietal lobe of the right hemisphere
These people will neglect the left side of their world
(This can happen to the left hemisphere, and people will neglect the right side of their world but this is rare)
Can also happen to other sensory information (eg. auditory, movement)
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9. LANGUAGE CENTERS ARE ON THE LEFT
SPLIT-BRAIN STUDIES
Involves surgically cutting the corpus callosum thereby disconnecting one hemisphere of the brain from the other
Roger Sperry (1968)
Cannot name object flashed on left
Can name object flashed on right
LANGUAGE CENTERS ARE ON THE LEFT
Can identify object flashed on left with their left hand but not with right hand
Can identify object flashed on right with their right hand but not with left hand
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10. HOMEWORK LEARNING ACTIVITY 4.16 (pg.208)
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11. ETHICAL PRINCIPLES IN BRAIN RESEARCH
Planning of any research must be consistent with the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research and include ethical values such as Integrity Respect for Persons Beneficence Justice Is the research worthwhile? Protection and Respect of Rights
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12. HOMEWORK LEARNING ACTIVITY 4.17 (pg.213)
LEARNING ACTIVITY 4.17 (PAGE 213)

13. CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 – TRUE OR FALSE QUIZ (pg.214)
CHAPTER 4 – MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST (pg )
CHAPTER 4 – SHORT ANSWER TEST (pg )
CHAPTER 4 – TRUE OR FALSE QUIZ (PAGE 214)
CHAPTER 4 – MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST (PAGE )
CHAPTER 4 – SHORT ANSWER TEST (PAGE )