AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

STUDYING THE BRAIN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following has the highest temporal resolution?
A
EEG
B
ERP
C
FMRI
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A key advantage of ERP methods is that they provide measures of neural activity with very high temporal resolution. The superior temporal resolution of ERPs makes them well suited to examinations of neural events responsible for human memory, which can potentially be monitored on a millisecond-by-millisecond basis.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cognitive Neuroscience The technique that presently has the greatest spatial and temporal resolution is functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which relies on differences in the magnetic susceptibility of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood.

Detailed explanation-3: -The lower the period of time between two consecutive captures of the same area, the higher the temporal resolution. Higher temporal resolution simply means that the satellite revisits and captures data of a specific site more frequently.

Detailed explanation-4: -High temporal resolution is necessary to resolve the rapidly changing patterns of brain activity that underlie mental function. Electroencephalography (EEG) provides temporal resolution in the millisecond range.

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