brief history of neuropsychology

Question 1

Franz Gall

Answer 1

phrenology = expansion would push the area of the skull that covered that part of the brain outward and therefore cause a bulge on the head

*Gall = ball on head

Question 2

Pierre Flourens

Answer 2

extirpation = various parts of the brain are surgically removed and the behavioral consequences are observed

specific parts of the brain have specific functions

*Pierre = peered into the brain

Question 3

William James

Answer 3

how the mind adapts to the environment

functionalism

*William = the will to adapt

Question 4

John Dewey

Answer 4

focus on the study of the organism as a whole as it functioned to adapt to the environment

functionalism

*John = john doe, aka the whole body

Question 5

Paul Broca

Answer 5

examined the behavioral deficits of people with brain damage

specific functional impairments could be linked with specific brain lesions

*Broca = part of the brain that is broken

Question 6

Hermann von Helmholtz

Answer 6

measure the speed of a nerve impulse

*Helmholtz = boltz of nerve impulse

Question 7

Sir Charles Sherrington

Answer 7

first inferred the existence of synapses

*Sir = sir synapse