ch 3: scientific context Flashcards
The enlightenment (what, when, where)
what: enlightenment thinkers ecpressed the idea of using reason
when: 17- 18th century
where: Western Europe
When beginning to study the nervous system what did Aristotle think and do?
Aristotle believed mind was controlled by the heart not the brain
Studied a human head after decapitation
who coined important terms like: reflex and neurology
Thomas WIllis
who stimulated frog legs
Robert Whytt
The Bell-Magendie Law (an example of a multiple)
the ventral spinal roots transmit motor impulses and the posterior roots sensory impulses, established a major landmark in the history of neuroscience.
who does the Bell Magendie law belong to?
Francois Magendie
what is the Trichromatic Theory by Thomas Young
our colour vision based on 3 primary colour (green, red and blue)
who expanded on Thomas Young’s work?
Hermann Von Helmholtz
