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TopicStudies
LocalizationCarl Wernicke (1874)
H.M
Karl Lashley (1929)
Paul Broca (1861)
Phineas Gage
Sperry (1968)
HippocampusH.M
Maguire et al. (2000)
NeuroplasticityDraganski et al. (2004); (2006)
Maguire et al. (2000)
Merzenich et al. (1984)
NeurotransmittersCrockett et al. (2009)
Fisher et al. (2005)
Freed et al. (2001)
OxytocinDe Dreu et al. (2012)
Kosfeld et al. (2005)
Romero et al. (2014)
Scheele et al. (2012)
HormonesCortisol—Lundberg and Hellstrom (2002)
Testosterone—Knight et al. (2022)
PheromonesCutler et al. (1998)
Hare et al. (2007)
Lundstrom and Olsson’s (2005)
HormonesFalconer Model,
Kendler et al. (2015)
Transracial Adoption Study
EpigeneticsWeaver et al. (2004)

Unit 1 Biological Approach to Behavior

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