Biological Approach
Corkin: Study on HM using MRI to scan his hippocampus.
Milner: Longitudinal Study on HM, showed his anterograde amnesia. Showed his inability to create declarative memory, and defined the role of the hippocampus on memory.
Maguire: Correlated London Taxi drivers and the size of their posteriror hippocampus size using MRI.
Draganski: Correlated juggling and size of mid-temporal lobe. Demonstrated neural pruning.
Roger and Kesner: An animal study on the effect of scopolamine on acetylcholine and formation of new spatial memory.
Antonova: Using MRI showed that acetylcholine is concentrated in the hippocampus and is responsible for the creation of new spatial memory.
Sperling: Using FMRI and name face association task to demonstrate the effect of scopolamine and lorazepam on the activation of the hippocampus and performance on the task.
Kosfeld: Confusing study investigating oxytocin and trusting behavior between investors and trustees.
De Dreu: Showed that oxytocin will result in a reduced sacrifice of ingroup members in trolly problem.
Romero: DOGGO study, showed oxytocin leads to more interactions with humans.
Pheromones:
Zhou: Showed AND signals masculinity to heterosexual females and homosexual males while EST signals femininity to heterosexual males. Point Light Walker Task.
Lundstrom and Olsson: Showed AND improves sexual attractiveness and mood of the opposite sex.
Hare: Showed AND and EST do not affect attractiveness or unfaithfulness.
Evolution:
Wedekind: Smelly T-shirt study, showed humans are more attracted to those who are genetically more dissimilar.
Clark and Hatfield: Showed men are more eager for sex and women are more eager for love and commitment.
Genetics:
Caspi: Showed that the 5HTT gene needs major life events to activate and have an effect.
Weissman: Showed that depression can be genetically inherited for 3 generations.
Klein: Showed immediate family is more likely to develop mental illnesses if a family member has such illness.
HL Animal Studies: