Biological: Neural Correlates (AQA A-Level Psychology): Quizzes
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What modern technique allows researchers to observe brain activity in living schizophrenia patients?
What modern technique allows researchers to observe brain activity in living schizophrenia patients?
fMRI scanning
Which structural brain abnormality is consistently found in schizophrenia patients?
Which structural brain abnormality is consistently found in schizophrenia patients?
Enlarged ventricles
In Tilo et al. (2001), what was negatively correlated with thought disorder severity?
In Tilo et al. (2001), what was negatively correlated with thought disorder severity?
Wernicke area activity
What did Boos et al. (2012) conclude about brain tissue differences in schizophrenia?
What did Boos et al. (2012) conclude about brain tissue differences in schizophrenia?
They are an effect of the disorder
According to Snyder (1976), what causes schizophrenia onset?
According to Snyder (1976), what causes schizophrenia onset?
Excessive dopamine release
In the updated dopamine theory, high dopamine in the mesolimbic system is linked to which symptoms?
In the updated dopamine theory, high dopamine in the mesolimbic system is linked to which symptoms?
Positive symptoms
What effect does L-dopa have on people without schizophrenia?
What effect does L-dopa have on people without schizophrenia?
Creates schizophrenic symptoms
What glutamate receptor dysfunction is found in people with schizophrenia?
What glutamate receptor dysfunction is found in people with schizophrenia?
Reduced NMDA receptor function
What weakness challenges the idea that brain abnormalities directly cause schizophrenia?
What weakness challenges the idea that brain abnormalities directly cause schizophrenia?
Some non-patients have them too
What criticism did Lloyd et al. (1984) make about the dopamine hypothesis?
What criticism did Lloyd et al. (1984) make about the dopamine hypothesis?
It may work indirectly via environment