Brain Imaging Studies and Understanding Memory

Term Paper # 4637

Biology
Communication > Language and Speech
Medical and Health

This paper highlights the advances in imaging technology that have allowed scientists to discover how memory works and the areas of the brain involved.

1,070 words () | 10 sources | MLA | 2002 Australia

Paper Summary:

This paper looks at how the different advances in brain imaging-techniques have contributed to scientists increased ability to understand the concept of memory. It looks at the advent of Computed Tomography (CT), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Positron Emission Tomography (PET), and what they have meant to the increased ability to understand and treat brain, and memory disorders.

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"For example, fMRI was found useful for research by Awh and colleagues (1999) to observe brain activations during the performance of a spatial working memory task. In this investigation, subjects were given a spatial working memory task and a control task. Using fMRI the researchers found a functionally distinct, region that showed sustained activity during the spatial working memory task, confirming the location for the neural bases for that function. In the past, researchers who wanted detailed studies of human brain activity struggled because they lacked effective investigative tools. In experiments with humans the best technologies brought only limited success in mapping the processes of consciousness."

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APA Citation:

Brain Imaging Studies and Understanding Memory (2012, January 18). Retrieved February 08, 2012, from http://www.academon.com.au/Term-Paper-Brain-Imaging-Studies-and-Understanding-Memory/4637

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"Brain Imaging Studies and Understanding Memory" 18 January 2012. Web. 08 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com.au/Term-Paper-Brain-Imaging-Studies-and-Understanding-Memory/4637>