Module B6: Brain and Mind

How the human brain functions remains largely unknown. Neuroscience is an area at the frontiers of medical research, and has huge potential impact for an aging population. This module begins by looking at how, in order to survive, simple organisms respond to changes in their environment.

Module B6.5: What do we know about the way in which the brain co-ordinates our senses?

2. recall that a variety of methods have been used by scientists to map the regions of the cortex (including studies of patients with brain damage, studies in which different parts of the brain are stimulated electrically and, more recently, MRI brain scans).