Michael Posner Research Paper

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Michael Posner is an American psychologist, neuroscience and a researcher in the field of attention. He has had many years of education, which led him to his excellent research. He attended The University of Washington where he earned his B.S. in psychics in 1957. Later going to the University of Washington to get his M.S. in 1959. Lastly, in 1962, the University of Michigan is where he received his Ph.D. Throughout his education and even after, he received many awards. National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Scientist of the Year Award, and National Medal of Science are only a few of the many awards given to him (Mayr, n.d.). Michael Posner has been one of the top educators to expand the theory of attention. Due to his knowledge in neuroscience it has lead him to a series of successful discoveries about mind and brain which lead others to admire his work and call him the “Worlds Leaders” in the psychology field. The new neuroimaging technology such as Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and functional Magnetic …show more content…

It is the subtractive method that examines task performance in two nearly identical conditions, except for the addition or complication of a hypothesized process in one condition. By subtracting performance in the two situations, the hypothesized component can be isolated and studied. He shows in many different instances how this simple idea of subtraction could be used to investigate mental operations themselves. During the study of neurological patients to deduct the function of lesion brain regions he also used the same methods. Later on he showed how the subtractive technique could connect to PET imaging to localize elementary mental operations to brain regions, a tool now used by others in their studies (Mayr,

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