9.10 Notes

Question 1

Equipotentiation

Answer 1

Any part of the brain can do any function

Question 2

Franz Joseph Gall

Answer 2

A local list; suggested there are 35 functionally different parts of the brain, which all do different things; noticed that a very intelligent student had bugged out eyeballs; developed phrenology

Question 3

Pierre Flourens

Answer 3

thought Gall’s theory was ridiculous; worked on pigeons to try finding out which part of the bird allows it to fly; wanted to damage the part of the brain responsible for flying, but he damaged every part of the brain and it could still fly

Question 4

Paul Broca

Answer 4

Physician; found that all patients who is damage to the left frontal lobe had boss of language production; this area became known as Broca’s area; Discovered this during an autopsy on a person who had damage in this area and could say only a few words

Question 5

Carl Wernicke

Answer 5

Physician; found that patience is damage in the left temporal lobe lost the ability to comprehend language; became known as Wernicke’s area

Question 6

Korbinian Broadman

Answer 6

Looked at the brain under a microscope to see if different areas of different; developed 52 functionally different brain areas; he was actually correct in many ways

Question 7

Camilo Golgi

Answer 7

Invented a special stain for neurons; colors individual neurons; called Golgi stain

Question 8

Santiago Ramon y Cajel

Answer 8

Used the Golgi stain to look at neurons; noticed that neurons do not touch; won the Nobel prize

Question 9

Reductionism

Answer 9

The idea that everything we are can be discovered in smaller parts; reduce things to different levels

Question 10

Wholism

Answer 10

You need to find out how different parts of the brain interact to find function

Question 11

Binding problem

Answer 11

When you see something, you see color, movement, etc., but you integrated all into one entity in your perception but how?

Question 12

Glia cells

Answer 12

Singular glial; guide neural development; gets rid of waste and neurotransmitters; maintains blood-brain barrier; involved in neurotransmission, the electro part

Question 13

Collateral sprouting

Answer 13

The growth of new dendrites

Question 14

Interneuron

Answer 14

Send info between motor and sensory neurons; most common type of neuron

Question 15

Afferent axons

Answer 15

Sends messages in

Question 16

Efferent axons

Answer 16

Send messages out (E is for exit)

Question 17

Intrinsic axons

Answer 17

Keeps messages within a system; interneurons

Question 18

Localization

Answer 18

The idea that different parts of the brain do different things; different functions are localized to different areas of the brain