Summary Table: Key Studies of the Brain & Behaviour (DP IB Psychology)

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Summary Table: Key Studies

Below is a table that summarises the key studies for 'The Brain & Behaviour' content in IB Psychology. Use this as a checklist when you are revising to make sure you have the necessary information for the exam

SUMMARY TABLE: KEY STUDIES OF THE BRAIN AND BEHAVIOUR

Topic

Key Studies

Techniques Used to Study the Brain – Post-Mortem Analysis

The case of HM (Milner 1958; Corkin 1997)

The case of ‘Tan’ (Broca 1861)

Techniques Used to Study the Brain – MRI

Maguire (2000)

Luby et al. (2013)

Techniques Used to Study the Brain – fMRI and PET Scans

Fisher et al. (2005) 

Raine et al. (1997)

Localisation of Function

Maguire (2000)

The case of HM (Milner 1958; Corkin 1997)

Neuroplasticity

Maguire (2000)

Luby et al. (2013)

Neural Networks & Neural Pruning

Maguire (2000)

Draganski et al. (2004)

Neurotransmitters & Their Effect on Behaviour

Fisher et al. (2005)

Brunner et al. (1993)

Neurotransmitters – Agonists & Antagonists

Crockett et al. (2010)

Romach et al. (1999)

Neurotransmitters – Excitatory & Inhibitory Synapses

Kraal et al. (2020)

Streeter et al. (2010)

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