case studies - an in-depth study of one person, group, or event, Phineas Gage - Had iron rod go through his head; changed his personality , split-brain research on epilepsy - doctors cut the corpus callosum thus ending left and right hemisphere communication. It ended seizures, but led to problems., Roger Sperry and Michael Gazzaniga - did split-brain research and proved that visual processing is impaired by cutting the corpus callosum, Electroencephalograms (EEGs) - measure and record brain waves in various states, such as dreaming and sleeping, to study cognition, Positron Emission Tomography (PET) - use harmless radioactive glucose to monitor which parts of the brain light up when patients are given various tasks., Computer Tomography (CT) or (CAT) - use a variety of X-ray photographs to create the image, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) - use various magnetic fields and radio waves to create an image of the brain’s soft tissue., fMRIs - show both the physical structure of the brain as well as activity and function. This has allowed more insight, lesioning - used in circumstances to destroy certain, selective, parts of the brain in order to reduce a behavior, autopsy - examinations of the brain after death of a person who displayed a particular behavior while they were alive that suggested possible brain damage.,

TOOLS FOR EXAMINING THE BRAIN STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

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