A cognitive psychologist wants to measure the precise millisecond-by-millisecond brain response when a person reads a grammatically incorrect word in a sentence. They decide to use Event-Related Potentials (ERPs) as part of their investigation.
Explain how Event-Related Potentials (ERPs) would enable the researcher to isolate this specific brain response from general electroencephalogram (EEG) activity.
20 exam-style questions on AQA A Level Psychology Ways of studying the brain (A-level only). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.