BRAIN EXPERIMENTS

Question 1

BRAIN VS HEART DEBATE

Answer 1

-Egyptians believed heart held mind and soul
-ancient Greek philosophers also debated whether mind was controlled by brain or heart
-in 2nd century brain started to win debate

Question 2

THE MIND BODY PROBLEM

Answer 2

-greeks believed mind and body were separate, until Rene Descartes suggested they were connected

Question 3

ABLATION

Answer 3

removing parts of the brain with scapel cuts

Question 4

ELECTRICAL STIMULATION (ESB)

Answer 4

stimulation or detection of electrical activity in the brain using an electrode to assess function of brain- assumed if electrical stimulation in a brain area initiates a response such as moving arm that part of brain controls movement.

Question 5

CONTRALATERAL FUNCTION

Answer 5

opposite side of the brain controls opposite side of body

Question 6

SPLIT BRAIN EXPERIMENTS

Answer 6

radical treatment for patients with severe epilepsy- cutting corpus callopsum ( bridge connecting 2 hemispheres together)

Question 7

LEFT HEMISPHERE=

Answer 7

LANGUAGE

Question 8

RIGHT HEMISPHERE=

Answer 8

OBJECT RECOGNITION