Discussion Questions
- In what ways does the segmentation of the brain into the brain stem, cerebellum, and cerebral hemispheres provide a natural division?
- How has the study of split-brain patients been informative?
- What is behind the expression “use your gray matter,” and why is it not entirely accurate?
- Why is converging evidence the best kind of evidence in the study of brain function?
- If you were interested in whether a particular brain area was involved in a specific behavior, what neuroscience methods could you use?
- If you were interested in the precise time in which a particular brain process occurred, which neuroscience methods could you use?