lecture 1 Flashcards
what is cognition?
mental activity or interpretation of information.
Phrenology is the…
activation of brain areas resu;ts in changes in skull shape.
what is the aggregate field theory?
behaviour is due to interactions of the entire brain
aggregate tfield theory was proposed by…
marie-jean-pierre flourens
john hughlings jackson studied what type of patients
epilepsy
John hughlings jackson found the…
topographic organisation of muscle representation.
as seizures occur…
in order amongst the muscles
Thorndike and Watson were instrumental in developing what perspective?
Behaviourism
Behaviourism beleived that what states were not scientific…
introspection or analysis of internal states
behaviourism in its extreme form believes that…
internal states do not exist and all living creatures are pure stimulus response machines
what are the limitations of behaviourism ?
inability to explain language or other processes such as perception.
strengths of behavourism…
established rigorous scientific methods and insights into nature
what are the 2 types of glial cells?
oligodendrocytes and schwann cells
oligodendrocytes
mhyelinate axons in the brain and spinal cord
schwann cells…
myelinate axons in the periphery of the body.
