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What can damage not result from in cognitive neuropsychology?
Mental health disorders
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What does Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) do?
Uses an electric current to activate or deactivate neurons in the brain
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What does Functional Magnetic Resonance Imagining (fMRI) do?
Measures changes in oxygen content of the blood
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What does fMRI rely on?
Relative comparisons with other brain areas
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What does Electroencephalography (EEG) do?
Records electrical activity across the scalp
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What is the average response to the stimulus produced by EEG?
Event Related Potentials
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What does Magnetoencephalography (MEG) do?
Synaptic activity produced by small magnetic fields is measured by magnetometers
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What is the difference between MEG and EEG?
The signals are not distorted as they pass through the skull
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What effect was found with neuroscience in Weisberg et al (2008)?
Made weak explanations more satisfactory in non-experts
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This effect was not found for the good explanations... How does Weisberg et al. (2008) explain this?
Irrelevant neuroscience information distracts individuals
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Which lie detection method did mock jurors give more guilty verdicts for?
fMRI
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What discipline could psychology be compared to?
Phrenology
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What did Henson (2005) find?
Separate brain activity for judgements of words
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