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The Biological Approach Revision Notes The Brain & Behaviour Overview: Techniques to Study the Brain Techniques Used to Study the Brain Post Mortem Examinations Two Key Studies using Post-Mortem Analysis: The case of HM (Corkin 1997) & The Case of Tan (Broca 1861) MRI Brain Scan Two Key Studies using MRI: Maguire (2000) & Luby et al. (2013) FMRI & PET Scans Two Key Studies using fMRI & PET Scans: Fisher et al. (2003) & Raine et al. (1997) Localisation of Function Localisation of Brain Function Two Key Studies of Localisation of Brain Function: Maguire (2000) & HM (Corkin 1997) Neuroplasticity Neuroplasticity Two Key Studies of Neuroplasticity: Maguire (2000) & Luby (2013) Neural Networks & Neural Pruning Two Key Studies of Neural Networks & Neural Pruning: Maguire (2000) & Draganski et al. (2004) Neurotransmitters & Their Effect on Behaviour Neurotransmitters & Their Effect on Behaviour Two Key Studies of Neurotransmitters: Fisher et al. (2003) & Brunner et al. (1993) Neurotransmitters: Agonists & Antagonists Two Key Studies of Agonists & Antagonists: Crockett et al. (2010) & Romach et al. (1999) Excitatory & Inhibitory Neurotransmitters Two Key Studies of Excitatory & Inhibitory Synapses: Streeter et al. (2010) & Kraal et al. (2020) Key Studies on The Brain & Behaviour Summary Table: Key Studies of the Brain & Behaviour Hormones & Pheromones What are Hormones? Hormones: What is Testosterone? Hormones: What is Oxytocin? What are Pheromones? Two Key Studies of Hormones & Their Effect on Behaviour: Morhenn et al. (2008) & Zak et al. (2009) Two Key Studies of Pheromones & Their Effect on Behaviour: Zhou et al. (2014) & Hare et al. (2017) Summary Table: Key Studies of Hormones & Pheromones Genetics & Behaviour Genes & Behaviour: One gene & its Effect on Behaviour Two Key Studies of Genes & Behaviour: Caspi et al. (2003) & Brunner et al. (1993) Genetic Similarity Genetic Similarity as an Explanation for Behaviour Two Key Studies of Genetic Similarity: McGuffin (1996) & Brunner et al. (1993) Evolutionary Explanations Evolutionary Explanations of Human behaviour Two Key Studies of Evolutionary Explanations for Behaviour: Buss et al. (1989) & Clarke & Hatfield (1989) Key Studies on Genetics & Behaviour Summary Table: Key Studies of Genetics & Behaviour