− | [[File:FMRI scan during working memory tasks.jpg|thumb|fMRI scan of the brain taken during working memory tasks, one type of neuropsychological testing.]]'''Neuropsychology''' is the [[neuroscience|scientific study]] that studies the function and structure of the [[brain]] related to more common psychological processes and overt behaviors. The term has been applied to lesion studies in [[human]]s and [[animal]]s. It has also been applied to efforts to record electrical activity from individual [[cells]] (or groups of cells) in higher [[primate]]s (including some studies of human patients).<ref name="Posner2000">Posner, M. I. & DiGirolamo, G. J. (2000) Cognitive Neuroscience: Origins and Promise,''Psychological Bulletin, 126:6'', 873-889.</ref> | + | [[File:FMRI scan during working memory tasks.jpg|thumb|fMRI scan of the brain taken during working memory tasks, one type of neuropsychological testing.]]'''Neuropsychology''' is the [[neuroscience|scientific study]] that studies the function and structure of the [[brain]] related to more common psychological processes and overt behaviors. The term has been applied to lesion studies in [[human]]s and [[animal]]s. It has also been applied to efforts to record electrical activity from individual [[cells]] (or groups of cells) in higher [[primate]]s (including some studies of human patients) you can apply to physical exercise.<ref name="Posner2000">Posner, M. I. & DiGirolamo, G. J. (2000) Cognitive Neuroscience: Origins and Promise,''Psychological Bulletin, 126:6'', 873-889.</ref> |