Cognitive Psychology In and Out of the Laboratory
Web Exercises
1. Split-Brain Simulation
The following video describes split-brained patients and provides a tutorial for how to simulate what it may be like for a person with two independent hemispheres. You may want students to complete the simulation and report on their experience.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKTNg0Z35go
2. Brain Imaging Techniques
This 2-minute video covers the basics of CT scans, MRI, PET, and fMRI. It is an excellent complement to the material covered in the text on this topic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2apCx1rlIQ
3. Phrenology
In this clip from Django Unchained, plantation owner Calvin Candie discusses phrenology to explain slavery. It not only underscores phrenology as a pseudoscience, but can also be used as a talking point about scientific racism.