Development for Neuropsych

Question 1

Mentalism

Answer 1

The idea that the mind is separate from the body.

“Mind resides in the heart”

Question 2

Brain Hypothesis

Answer 2

Refuted idea that the mind was in the heart

Question 3

Aristotle

Answer 3

Created first theory of mentalism

Question 4

Rene Descartes

Answer 4

Created the first theory dualism

Question 5

Dualism

Answer 5

Believe the body is a machine and the commands are given by the mind.

Mind is in the pineal gland

Question 6

Phernology

Answer 6

Different parts of the brain do different things. Parts of brain wouldn’t grow if not used. Disproved, but foundation laid for functional localization

Question 7

Broca’s Area

Answer 7

Area of brain responsible for speech. Located in left frontal lobe

Question 8

Broca’s Aphasia

Answer 8

Damage to Broca’s Area. Results in the incapability of producing speech even if you know what you are trying to say

Question 9

Wernicke’s Area

Answer 9

Located behind Broca’s Area in the temporal lobe. Responsible for processing incoming information from the ear.

Question 10

Wernicke Aphasia

Answer 10

Damage to Wernicke’s Area. Patient is capable of producing speech, but the speech is nonsensical and unorganized.

Question 11

Wilder Penfield

Answer 11

Devised a technique for stimulating parts of the cortex while patient was awake. Was also able to create a map of the cerebral cortex

Question 12

Penfield’s Cortical Map

Answer 12

Showed that certain parts of the body got more tissue in the cortex than others. Allows for different parts of body to be more sensitive to stimulus than others

Question 13

Neuropsychology

Answer 13

Connection between human behaviour and the brain

Question 14

Central Nervous System

Answer 14

Brain and spinal cord.

Question 15

Peripheral Nervous System

Answer 15

Somatic and Autonomic nervous systems

Question 16

Patient H.M.

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Had a lobotomy performed to help with consistent epileptic seizures. Although epilepsy was solved, H.M. began to suffer from severe short term memory loss.

Shows memory is located in many different parts of the brain

Question 17

Ventral Pathway

Answer 17

What? pathway

Question 18

Dorsal Pathway

Answer 18

Where? pathway

Question 19

Importance of Ventral and Dorsal Pathways in Brain Mapping

Answer 19

Shows how the brain properly works and that no one specific area is responsible for a function. Other lobes can assist in certain actions.