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Critically consider one invasive method and one non-invasive method of studying the brain There are a number of invasive methods of studying the brain. One such technique is ablation and lesion production. The ablation technique involves surgically removing or destroying brain tissue. A study into this technique was conducted by Flourens (1820); who showed that the removal of thin slices of brain tissue; resulted in them displaying poor co-ordination and sense of balance but, they experienced no other difficulties. Meanwhile, lesion production involves deliberately injuring a specific area of the brain and observing the behavioural changes that occur as a result. The aim of lesion studies is to tell us something about how different areas of the brain are connected. However, there are several flaws with this invasive method of studying the brain. One of these is that, since experiments of this type are carried out on animals, the results cannot really be...

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