Cognitive Psychology: Theory, Process, and Methodology
Lab Exercise with Quizzing
Read the materials, click on the lab exercise links and take the quizzes. Please note these will open in a new window.
Lab Exercise 1: Probe the Brain
PBS offers excursions into the working of the brain. In a virtual sense you will have the opportunity to “relive” the probing of the motor cortex that was done in the 1940s by Canadian brain surgeon Wilder Penfield.
Follow-Up Quiz
Lab Exercise 2: Brain Atlas Exercise
The Scalable Brain Atlas (SBA) is a fully web-based display engine for brain atlases, imaging data and ontologies. Be sure to explore several of the brains available. As you explored the human brain, what did you find surprising? Do you know what each lobe is primarily dedicated to? Can you identify other structures?
Follow-Up Quiz
Lab Exercise 3: Neuroimaging Exercise
This Brain Atlas offers views of the normal brain, but also the brain affected by various disorders. Explore the human brain under different brain conditions by visiting the following labeled links:
Cerebrovascular Disease (select and click on any of the subcategories under this heading)
Neoplastic Disease (select and click on any of the subcategories under this heading)
Degenerative Disease (select and click on any of the subcategories under this heading)
Inflammatory or Infectious Disease (select and click on any of the subcategories under this heading)
As you explore these, can you identify any of the disorders? What is the typical brain deterioration in individual disorders?
Follow-Up Quiz