Study Designs Unit One

Study Design: Topics for this Area of Study

The role of the brain in mental processes and behaviour

• The influence of different approaches to understanding the role of the brain

• The basic structure and function of the central and peripheral nervous system

• The role of the neuron as the primary functional unit of the nervous system

• The basic structure and function of the hindbrain, midbrain, and forebrain

• The role of the cerebral cortex in processing information

Brain plasticity and brain damage

• Infancy and adolescence as periods of rapid change

• Brain injury

• Parkinson’s disease

Study Design: Topics for this Area of Study

The complexity of…