3.) Examine one interaction between cognition and physiology in terms of behavior.
*Note: Physiology refers to the physical structures and parts of the body
Intro - Talk about how the mind and body are CONNECTED
Also, if you use more than one study for this question, you should specify the cognitive and physiological variables within each one, like I have done below.
These are only a few of the studies you could choose from for this question:
Method: Compared buddist monks with lifetime-worths of training with a group of 10 people with 1 week's worth of training
Results: Found that gamma waves rose during meditation in both groups, but while the 10 people's brain activity decreased, the gamma waves of the monks remained at high levels
Significance: The brain adapts to stimulation. (Now would be a good time to throw in neuroplasticity)
2. Kimura (2007) - Cog. = Cog. abilities, Physio. = Sex(or the hormones and physical elements that define it)
Aim: Observed the role of male and female hormones in cognitive abilities
Method: Observed scores on cognitive evaluation tests in a variety of studies (this was a quasi-experiment and has cross-cultural validity) and differentiated between sexes
Results: There were a variety of differences in abilities. Ex. Males were better in math reasoning and spacia visualization tasks, while females did better in verbal fluency and perceptual speed tasks.
Significance: Sex influences cognition (due to presence of specific sex hormones and such)
3. Tang (2006) - Cog. = Language, Physio. = Location of brain activity
Aim: Observe brain activity of individuals with different writing systems
Method: Using 12 native Chinese speakers and 12 native English speakers, all participants were shown complicated symbols from a little known language
Results: In the English speakers, Wernicke's and Broca's areas were more active because the English language is more verbal, while in the Chinese there was more PMA activity because of the increased complexity of Chinese characters
Significance: Complexity of language affects brain activity
Intro - Talk about how the mind and body are CONNECTED
Also, if you use more than one study for this question, you should specify the cognitive and physiological variables within each one, like I have done below.
These are only a few of the studies you could choose from for this question:
- Davidson (2004) - Cog = brain activity, Physio. = meditation activities
Method: Compared buddist monks with lifetime-worths of training with a group of 10 people with 1 week's worth of training
Results: Found that gamma waves rose during meditation in both groups, but while the 10 people's brain activity decreased, the gamma waves of the monks remained at high levels
Significance: The brain adapts to stimulation. (Now would be a good time to throw in neuroplasticity)
2. Kimura (2007) - Cog. = Cog. abilities, Physio. = Sex(or the hormones and physical elements that define it)
Aim: Observed the role of male and female hormones in cognitive abilities
Method: Observed scores on cognitive evaluation tests in a variety of studies (this was a quasi-experiment and has cross-cultural validity) and differentiated between sexes
Results: There were a variety of differences in abilities. Ex. Males were better in math reasoning and spacia visualization tasks, while females did better in verbal fluency and perceptual speed tasks.
Significance: Sex influences cognition (due to presence of specific sex hormones and such)
3. Tang (2006) - Cog. = Language, Physio. = Location of brain activity
Aim: Observe brain activity of individuals with different writing systems
Method: Using 12 native Chinese speakers and 12 native English speakers, all participants were shown complicated symbols from a little known language
Results: In the English speakers, Wernicke's and Broca's areas were more active because the English language is more verbal, while in the Chinese there was more PMA activity because of the increased complexity of Chinese characters
Significance: Complexity of language affects brain activity