Methods in behavioural and neuroscience
The research network connects a multitude of methods including but not limited to functional brain structures and behaviour observations.
Neuroscientific methods make it possible to investigate and to alter brain processes and to relate these to behaviour. The measurement of central nervous integrators can illustrate sequences of diverse processes, like attention, working memory or emotion, and the involved brain structures. Neuroscientific methods allow the investigation of the normal functioning of the brain as well as the investigation of altered brain functions and structure caused by pathological processes or intervention and training.
Behavioural research methods enable us to describe behaviour objectively and to measure it. It is used to investigate complex communication patterns, to identify chronological orders between cognitive processes, or to give detailed description of cognitive limitations, e.g., in stroke patients, and to compare this to healthy persons. Behavioural methods also allow us to detect human abilities and characteristics at an individual level and to compare them with the general public.