History Flashcards
What is Neuropsychology?
The study of the relationships between brain function, behaviour and of the effects of brain damage upon psychosocial processes.
What professions utilize Neuropsychology?
Psychologists, Neurologists, Neurosurgeons
Where is Neuropsychology practiced?
Public/private hospitals, private practices, medicolegal neuropsychology, research purposes
What was the main belief about the soul before the 2nd century?
the soul was housed in several body parts, intellect was in the head.
What did Claudius Galen conclude from his animal experiments in the 2nd century?
That the brain was the centre of the nervous system.
What Theory did Franz Gall and Johann Spurzheim present, and what was the idea behind it?
The Localisationist perspective, the idea that different parts of the brain have different functions.
What did Gall’s organology propose?
The brain was made up of multiple interconnected organs, each responsible for its own characteristic.
if a faculty, power or trait was prominent in a person, than that area of the brain was also prominent (brain region was bulging).
How many putative locations did Gall’s original system have?
27
What did Spurzheim change organology to in his own interpretation?
Phrenology
What was Flourens and his equipotentiality significant for?
discovered the impacts of lesions and brain damage on localised brain functions. also concluded that the more damage to the brain the greater the loss of function. he noted that when a function was lost from a lesion, it would eventually restore overtime.
Damage/lesion to the left inferior frontal gyrus is associated with what speech syndrome? what characteristic is linked to it?
Broca’s Aphasia, difficulty producing speech, but capable of understanding speech
Damage/lesion to the left superior temporal gyrus is associated with what speech syndrome? what characteristic is linked to it?
Wernicke’s Aphasia, difficulty comprehending speech, speech is produced but is nonsense though.
