A few weeks ago we discussed using case studies of people with various
types of brain damage to teach physiological psychology (especially in
General Psychology classes). Out of curiousity, which examples do you
tend to use? I can think of a couple obvious ones like H.M. (or Clive
Wearing) when discussing the hippocampus (though I typically cover these
in the memory chapter instead), individuals that have had strokes that
damage Broca's or Wernicke's areas, and, of course, our beloved Phinneas
Gage.
Are there others you (and the students) find particularly interesting?
Jeff
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Jeff Bartel
http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~jbartel
Department of Psychology, Kansas State University
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