approaches to studying the brain - L1

Question 1

brain vs heart debate

Answer 1

-a historical debate asking whether the heart or brain was the source of central functions such as thoughts, feelings and behavior

-egyptians believed in the heart hypothesis
- ancient greeks believed the brain hypothesis

Question 2

brain hypothesis

Answer 2

thoughts and feelings are rooted in the brain

Alcmaeon = first recorded person to locate the brain as the source of mental processes

Question 3

heart hypothesis

Answer 3

thought and feelings are rooted in the heart

Empedocles reasoned that blood was the means in which we all think and feel. As the heart pumped blood around the body, it was the centre of mental processes

Question 4

mind-body problem

Answer 4

the question whether our mind snd body are two distinct separate entities or whether they are the same thing

Question 5

dualism

Answer 5

proposes that the mind and body are two separate distinct and distingquishable entities

Question 6

monism

Answer 6

proposes that the mind and body are one and the same entity

Question 7

phrenology

Answer 7

the relationship between the skull’s surface features and an individual’s personality characteristics