Methods library · Neurons and physiology
Lesion studies and patient case studies
Also called double dissociation, neuropsychology, split brain
Inferring what a brain region does from what is lost when it is damaged, in animals and in patients.
The film for this method is in production. Until then, the lessons below explain it where they use it.
Where it is taught
15 lessons use this method.
Neuroscience
- The Map: How the Nervous System Is Organized
- Visual Cortex
- Touch and Pain
- Motor Units, Reflexes and Locomotion
- Descending Control and the Basal Ganglia
- The Cerebellum
- Autonomic Control and the Hypothalamus
- Feeding, Motivation and Reward
- Emotion and Stress
- Circadian Rhythms and Sleep
- Memory Systems
- Language and Lateralization
- Attention, Executive Control and Decisions