Neuropsychology

Neuropsychology (3)

Sunday, 15 February 2009 18:09

Brain Plasticity: Hemispherectomy

Written by Keiron Walsh
This is a 6 minute video about a girl who has made an amazing recovery following a hemispherectomy.
Thursday, 19 June 2008 13:10

Jill Bolte Taylor's Stroke of Insight

Written by Keiron Walsh
This week's resource is a very powerful talk by Jill Bolte Taylor. She is a neuroanatomist who specialises in the post-mortem analysis of human brain tissue. In this video, she talks about her personal experience of having a stroke in the left hemisphere of her brain.
Sunday, 23 March 2008 10:54

Remote Controlled Rat

Written by Keiron Walsh
This week's resource of the week is this very interesting video clip showing how the decisions of rats can be controlled by directly manipulating the reinforcements they receive through stimulation of the pleasure centres in their brains. In essence, this produces a remote controlled rat. As well as being an interesting example of operant conditioning, it also raises issues regarding free will and determinism.