Science Education - Psychology
Neuropsychology

The Split Brain
Source: Laboratories of Jonas T. Kaplan and Sarah I. Gimbel—University of Southern California The study of how damage to the brain affects cognitive ...

Motor Maps
Source: Laboratories of Jonas T. Kaplan and Sarah I. Gimbel—University of Southern California One principle of brain organization is the topographic ...

Perspectives on Neuropsychology
Source: Laboratories of Jonas T. Kaplan and Sarah I. Gimbel— University of Southern California Neuropsychology is a complex field, as it ...

Decision-making and the Iowa Gambling Task
Source: Laboratories of Jonas T. Kaplan and Sarah I. Gimbel—University of Southern California Decision-making is an important component of human ...

Executive Function in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Source: Laboratories of Jonas T. Kaplan and Sarah I. Gimbel—University of Southern California Attention, working-memory, planning, impulse control, ...

Anterograde Amnesia
Source: Laboratories of Jonas T. Kaplan and Sarah I. Gimbel—University of Southern California Anterograde amnesia is the loss of the ability to form ...

Physiological Correlates of Emotion Recognition
Source: Laboratories of Jonas T. Kaplan and Sarah I. Gimbel—University of Southern California The autonomic nervous system (ANS) controls the ...

Event-related Potentials and the Oddball Task
Source: Laboratories of Jonas T. Kaplan and Sarah I. Gimbel—University of Southern California Given the overwhelming amount of information captured ...

Language: The N400 in Semantic Incongruity
Source: Laboratories of Sarah I. Gimbel and Jonas T. Kaplan— University of Southern California Understanding language is one of the most complex ...

Learning and Memory: The Remember-Know Task
Source: Laboratories of Jonas T. Kaplan and Sarah I. Gimbel—University of Southern California Our experience of memory is varied and complex. ...

Measuring Grey Matter Differences with Voxel-based Morphometry: The Musical Brain
Source: Laboratories of Jonas T. Kaplan and Sarah I. Gimbel—University of Southern California Experience shapes the brain. It is well understood ...

Decoding Auditory Imagery with Multivoxel Pattern Analysis
Source: Laboratories of Jonas T. Kaplan and Sarah I. Gimbel—University of Southern California Imagine the sound of a bell ringing. What is happening ...

Visual Attention: fMRI Investigation of Object-based Attentional Control
Source: Laboratories of Jonas T. Kaplan and Sarah I. Gimbel— University of Southern California The human visual system is incredibly sophisticated ...

Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Traumatic Brain Injury
Source: Laboratories of Jonas T. Kaplan and Sarah I. Gimbel—University of Southern California Traditional brain imaging techniques using MRI are ...

Using TMS to Measure Motor Excitability During Action Observation
Source: Laboratories of Jonas T. Kaplan and Sarah I. Gimbel—University of Southern California Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) is a ...