Introduction: What is behavioral neuroscience? Flashcards
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What is neuroscience in the study of nervous system?
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Structure/Function
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What is neuroscience in psychology?
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Tools/techniques for studying psychological phenomena and used as an adjective
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Franz Joseph Gall
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Developed Phrenology
- Functions of mind have a biological basis
- Analogy between brain and muscle
- Brain is not a unitary organ
- Localization of function
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Phrenology
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Localization of function
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Phineas Gage
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- Damage to frontal lobe and major changes to personality and behavior
- 1st documented case relating brain with personality
- Dr Harlow advocated localization of function
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Donald Hebb
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- Wrote “Organization of Behavior”
- Father of behavioral neuroscience
- Neural basis of learning
- Psychological constructs can be (and should be) studied at a biological level
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Egas Moniz
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-Frontal Lobotomy with a leucotome (knife) which separated frontal lobe from rest of brain
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Frontal Lobotomy
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-Frontal Lobotomy with a leucotome (knife) which separated frontal lobe from rest of brain
