1.1 A brief History of Neuropsychology Flashcards
1
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What did Frenz Gall Do?
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- Created Phrenology
- Phrenology: You will begin to develop traits that will cause your brain to grow
- Measure this growth directly using the skull
2
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What did Pierre Fluorens Do?
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- Extirpation or Ablation: Removing parts of the brain to see what the function is
- He found what the parts do and that the brain weakens with the removal
3
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Who are William James/John Dewey?
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Functionalism: How we take all the stimulus and adapt that to our environment
4
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Who is Paul Broca?
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- Helped people with disabilities by identifying lesions on their brains
- Speech area of our brain dedicated to him
5
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Who is Hermann Von Helmholtz?
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- links behavior to the nervous system
- Measures the impulse of a neuron
6
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Who is Sir Charles Sherrington?
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-Discovers synapses
