which of the following best outlines the reason why alfonso caramazza suggests that it is important to understand the brain in terms of evolutionary context, as presented in the journal reading entitled wired for categorization?
Neurophilosophy or the philosophy of neuroscience is the interdisciplinary study of neuroscience and philosophy that explores the importance of neuroscience studies to arguments traditionally classified as philosophy of mind. Philosophy of Neuroscience attempts to elucidate the methods and results of neuroscience using the conceptual rigor and methods of philosophy of science.
which of the following best outlines the reason why alfonso caramazza suggests that it is important to understand the brain in terms of evolutionary context, as presented in the journal reading entitled wired for categorization?
Alfonso Karamaza gave an initial reason for rejecting the use of group studies in cognitive neuropsychology. Studies of brain damage patients can take the form of a single case study, in which an individual’s behavior is described and used as a guide, or group studies, in which the behavior of a group of patients who exhibit similar and average impairments is characterized.
which of the following best outlines the reason why alfonso caramazza suggests that it is important to understand the brain in terms of evolutionary context, as presented in the journal reading entitled wired for categorization?
The researcher must know that the group is homogeneous, and that their behavior is equivalent in every theoretically meaningful way. In brain damage patients, this can only then be achieved by analyzing the behavior patterns of all individuals in the group. Thus, according to Karamaza, any group study is either equivalent to a group of individual case studies or is not theoretically justified. Newcombe and Marshall note that there are some cases (they use Geschwind syndrome as an example) and that cohort studies may still serve as a useful guide in neuropsychological studies.