A-level curriculum matching

The topics covered by 'Big Picture on Thinking' are particularly relevant to the following subjects:

Biology and human biology, for example:

• nerve impulses
• functions of the regions of the human brain's cerebral hemispheres
• functional images produced by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and computerised tomography (CT) scans.

Psychology, for example:

• cognitive psychology, e.g. human memory
• physiological psychology, e.g. brain and behaviour, biological rhythms, sleep and dreaming, and motivation
• cognitive psychology, e.g. attention and pattern recognition
• developmental psychology, e.g. cognitive, social and personality development.

Sociology, for example:

• the social construction of, and societal reactions to, crime and deviance, including the role of the mass media.

The topics covered by this issue of 'Big Picture' could also be addressed as a cross-curricular set of lessons/project based on contributions from some or all of these subjects.