u06a1 Cultural Aspects of Biological Psychology

Write a 57 page paper (excluding the cover page and reference page) that:

Reviews a cultural diversity issue related to biological psychology. You can use recent developments based on an independent literature review, course discussions and course readings. Focuses on the: o Historical and present day practices that reflect controversial findings regarding diversity in the biological psychology field. o Similarities and differences in your area of specialization regarding cultural diversity in comparison to biological psychology.

Remember that cultural and diversity issues extend far beyond race and can encompass gender, socioeconomic status, and geographical area. Be sure to support your arguments with evidence from scholarly references that have been published within the last 5 years. Utilize references from your book, at least 5 peer-reviewed journal articles from the Capella Library, and content derived from the courseroom readings. Peg Nopoulos, Michael Flaum, Dan OLeary, Nancy C Andreasen Sexual dimorphism in the human brain: evaluation of tissue volume, tissue composition and surface anatomy using magnetic resonance imaging Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, Volume 98, Issue 1, 28 February 2000, Pages 113 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0925-4927(99)00044-X Tim Koscik, Dan OLeary, David J. Moser, Nancy C. Andreasen, Peg Nopoulos Sex differences in parietal lobe morphology: Relationship to mental rotation performance Brain and Cognition, Volume 69, Issue 3, April 2009, Pages 451459 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2008.09.004

Abel, J. M., Witt, D. M., & Rissman, E. F. (2011). Sex differences in the cerebellum and frontal cortex: Roles of estrogen receptor alpha and sex chromosome genes. Neuroendocrinology, 93(4), 230-40. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000324402

Regional Gray Matter Growth, Sexual Dimorphism, and Cerebral Asymmetry in the Neonatal Brain
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Goldstein, J., Seidman, L. J., Horton, N. J., Makris, N., Kennedy, D. N., Caviness, V. S. Jr., Faraone, S., & Tsuang, M. T. (2001). Normal sexual dimorphism of the adult human brain assessed in vivo magnetic resonance imaging. Cerebral Cortex, 11, 490497.
Gur, R. C., Gunning-Dixon, F., Turetsky, B. I., Bilker, W. B., & Gur, R. E. (2002). Brain region and sef differences in age association with brain volume: A quantitative MRI study of healthy young adults. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 10(1), 72-80. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/195982774?accountid=27965

Gillberg, I., Billstedt, E., Wentz, E., Anckarster, H., Rstam, M., & Gillberg, C. (2010). Attention, executive functions, and mentalizing in anorexia nervosa eighteen years after onset of eating disorder. Journal Of Clinical & Experimental Neuropsychology, 32(4), 358-365. doi:10.1080/13803390903066857 Lena, S. M., Fiocco, A. J., & Leyenaar, J. K. (2004). The role of cognitive deficits in the development of eating disorders. Neuropsychology Review, 14(2), 99-113. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:NERV.0000028081.40907.de Steinglass, J., & Walsh, B. (2006). Habit learning and anorexia nervosa: A cognitive neuroscience hypothesis. International Journal Of Eating Disorders, 39(4), 267-275. doi:10.1002/eat.20244 Tchanturia, K., Campbell, l. C., Morris, R., & Treasure, J. (2005). Neuropsychological Studies in Anorexia Nervosa. International Journal Of Eating Disorders, 3772-76. doi:10.1002/eat.20119 Danner, U. N., Sanders, N., Smeets, P. M., van Meer, F., Adan, R. H., Hoek, H. W., & van Elburg, A. A. (2012). Neuropsychological weaknesses in anorexia nervosa: Set-shifting, central coherence, and decision making in currently ill and recovered women. International Journal Of Eating Disorders, 45(5), 685-694. doi:10.1002/eat.22007 Use abstract: Objective: The purpose of this study is to examine set-shifting, central coherence, and decision making in women currently ill with anorexia nervosa (AN), women recovered from AN, and healthy control women. We aim to test whether these neuropsychological weaknesses persist after recovery, and explore relations between the impairments Results: Compared to control women, ill and recovered women showed poor set-shifting and decision making. There were strong correlations between set-shifting and central coherence in the ill and recovered women. Decision making did not correlate with the other measures. Discussion: The present findings suggest that impaired set-shifting and decision making are stable traits in women with AN. Because individual differences within these groups were large, a rigid thinking style is only present in a (sub)population of ill and recovered women.

Lopez, C. A., Tchanturia, K., Stahl, D., & Treasure, J. (2008). Central coherence in women with bulimia nervosa. International Journal Of Eating Disorders, 41(4), 340-347. doi:10.1002/eat.20511 Hatch, A., Madden, S., Kohn, M. R., Clarke, S., Touyz, S., Gordon, E., & Williams, L. M. (2010). In first presentation adolescent anorexia nervosa, do cognitive markers of underweight status change with weight gain following a refeeding intervention?. International Journal Of Eating Disorders, 43(4), 295306. doi:10.1002/eat.20695 Urgesi, C., Fornasari, L., Perini, L., Canalaz, F., Cremaschi, S., Faleschini, L., & ... Brambilla, P. (2012). Visual body perception in anorexia nervosa. International Journal Of Eating Disorders, 45(4), 501-511. doi:10.1002/eat.20982 Use Abstract: Objective: Disturbance of body perception is a central aspect of anorexia nervosa (AN) and several neuroimaging studies have documented structural and functional alterations of occipitotemporal cortices involved in visual body processing. However, it is unclear whether these perceptual deficits involve more basic aspects of others' body perception. Method: A consecutive sample of 15 adolescent patients with AN were compared with a group of 15 age- and gender-matched controls in delayed matching to sample tasks requiring the visual discrimination of the form or of the action of others' body. Results: Patients showed better visual discrimination performance than controls in detailbased processing of body forms but not of body actions, which positively correlated with their increased tendency to convert a signal of punishment into a signal of reinforcement (higher persistence scores). Discussion: The paradoxical advantage of patients with AN in detail-based body processing may be associated to their tendency to routinely explore body parts as a consequence of their obsessive worries about body appearance. 2012 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (Int J Eat Disord 2012) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]