IB syllabus says:
Technology and the Brain
Advances in technology from the field of medicine have
been a great benefit to the cognitive level of analysis. PET
and EEG & fMRI have developed our understanding of and
the ability to investigate the relationship between the
biology of cognitive processes and behavior.
Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroimaging
handout & seminar on brain imaging
technologies (minor)
Your task is to prepare and participate in a classroom seminar, on
your assigned brain imaging technology. You will also need to
create a handout.
GUIDELINES:
1. Your part of the seminar should last around 10 minutes
2. The discussion needs to be interactive, so you must have some
question for the rest of the group
HANDOUT CONTENT:
1. Briefly explain how the technology works
2. Give the strengths and limitations of using this technology to find
out about the biology of COGNITIVE processes
3. Identify and explain a research study which shows how the
particular brain imaging technology has been used to investigate
cognitive processes.
4. APA bibliography required
5. No longer than two sides – print out a class set of the handout
for the seminar.
Group 1: EEG (the electroencephalogram)
PREPARING THE HANDOUT & SEMINAR
1. Look at the 3rd paragraph on p.45 of you textbook for a description of
how the technology works
2. Search for some pictures of the technology being used and include this
in your handout.
3. For the strengths and limitations, do a table summarizing these points
on the document ‘The strengths and limitations of the technologies’
document attached to the wiki. *Also find info under
http://marshalldy.ism-online.org/tag/exam/ - look at the relevant
section of the Bio & Cognitive LOAs – there are PowerPoint's here.*
4. Present the aims, procedures, findings and conclusions of the Hoffman
et al. (2001) ‘EEG study of the effects of Psychedelic tea’ attached to
the wiki (keep this very brief!) – make it very clear how the study
shows the relationship between the biology of COGNITIVE processes
and behavior
5. Prepare at least 5 questions to engage the rest of the group.
6. Make sure you reference the handout in APA format
Group 2: fMRI (Functional Magnetic
Resonance Imaging)
PREPARING THE HANDOUT & SEMINAR
1. Look at the 5th paragraph on p.45 of you textbook for a description of
how the technology works
2. Search for some pictures of the technology being used and include this
in your handout.
3. For the strengths and limitations, do a table based on the points in the
blue box on the bottom of p.45 of the textbook, and the ‘The strengths
and limitations of the technologies’ document attached to the wiki.
*Also find info under http://marshalldy.ism-online.org/tag/exam/ look at the relevant section of the Bio & Cognitive LOAs – there are
PowerPoint's here.*
4. Present the aims, procedures, findings and conclusions of the
Kilts(2003) ‘fMRI the role of the brain in product preferences’ on p.87
of the textbook (keep this very brief!) – make it very clear how the
study shows the relationship between the biology of COGNITIVE
processes and behavior.
5. Prepare at least 5 questions to engage the rest of the group.
6. Make sure you reference the handout in APA format
Group 3: PET (Positron Emission Topography)
PREPARING THE HANDOUT & SEMINAR
1. Look at the 4th paragraph on p.45 of you textbook for a description of how
the technology works.
2. Search for some pictures of the technology being used and include this in
your handout.
3. For the strengths and limitations, do a table based on the points on the
document attached to the wiki called ‘The strengths and limitations of the
technologies’. *Also find info under http://marshalldy.ismonline.org/tag/exam/ - look at the relevant section of the Bio & Cognitive
LOAs – there are PowerPoint's here.*
4. Present the aims, procedures, findings and conclusions of the Davidson's
(2004) study ‘PET study of Mediation with Buddhist monks’ on p.47 of the
textbook (keep this very brief!) – make it very clear how the study shows
the relationship between the biology of COGNITIVE processes and
behavior.
5. Prepare at least 5 questions to engage the rest of the group.
6. Make sure you reference the handout in APA format
Rubric….
Brain Imaging Technologies: Mini LAQ writing…
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Your task is to write a mini LAQ on this topic, use the outline below as a guide…. Email to [email protected]
Discuss the use of brain imaging technologies (e.g. EEG, fMRI, PET) in investigating cognitive processes
Intro:
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Explain how you will answer the question “this paper will discuss the use of three brain imaging technologies, focusing on EEG, CAT, PET and
fMRI’ through discussing the methods themselves and the research support”.
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Thesis: “These technologies from the field of medicine each have their strengths and limitations, however, they have been able to give us
considerable insight into the relationship between cognitive factors and behavior”
1st Para:
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Briefly explain how EEG works
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Give details of study using EEG – make sure that you clearly state what the study tells us about the relationship between cognitive factors
and behavior.
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Give Evaluative Points for use of EEG
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Connect back to the question e.g. event though the technology has limitations it has been beneficial in the study of the relationship
between cognitive factors and behavior
nd
2 Para:
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Briefly explain how fMRI works
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Give details of study using fMRI– make sure that you clearly state what the study tells us about the relationship between cognitive factors
and behavior.
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Give Evaluative Points for use of fMRI
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Connect back to the question e.g. even though the technology has limitations it has been beneficial in the study of the relationship
between cognitive factors and behavior
rd
3 Para:
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Briefly explain how PET works
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Give details of study using PET– make sure that you clearly state what the study tells us about the relationship between cognitive factors
and behavior.
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Give Evaluative Points for use of PET
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Connect back to the question e.g. even though the technology has limitations it has been beneficial in the study of the relationship
between cognitive factors and behavior
Conclusion:
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Refer back to the question and comment on the overall effectiveness of the use of brain imaging technologies in investigating the
relationship between cognitive factors and behavior