Certain cognitive functions activate various areas of the brain at the same time. These different areas may serve to help with different parts of the task.

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Specific areas of the brain serve different specific functions

Localization of function

Goldstein, E. B. (2014). Cognitive psychology: Connecting mind, research and everyday experience. Nelson Education.


Cognitive psychology: Connecting mind, research and everyday experience

When damage to the brain in a specific area (a) causes an inability to do function (A), while some other function (B) is still working. In addition damage to some other area (b) causes an inability for the brain to do function (B), but the original function (A) still works.

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