Studying the Brain

What makes the brain so difficult to study?

• Bone protection

• We don't want to do damage with invasive techniques

• Made of millions of interconnected cells.

• All of the above.

REfer to page ____ in the textbook. How many different brain wave patterns are there?

• 4

• 25

• Inifinite

• 16

Which brain wave would likely be observed in a sleeping patient?

• Alpha

• Beta

• theta

• Gamma

What is an advantage to using fMRI in brain research instead of EEG?

• Fast

• can show which areas of a brain are active

• Non invasive

• Uses radiation

What is a disadvantage to PET technology?

• radioactivity is used

• Slow

• Too fast for computers to register

• Does not pinpoint specific areas of the brain

If a researcher observes activity in a specific part of the brain while a person does a specific task (such as remembering a face), what can they conclude?

• There is some link between that area of the brain and activity.

• That is the only part of the brain that completes the activity

• Any activity in that part of the brain means the person is doing that specific task

• All of the above