Lecture 1 Intro

Question 1

Who came up with the theory of Mentalism, What is the theory of Mentalism?

Answer 1

Aristotle
He claimed tempered hot blood came from the heart, circulated to the brain so it could be cooled off and our emotions could be tempered before circulating back to the rest of the body to control behavior.

Question 2

What was Galen’s experience in treating the brain?

Answer 2

Treated gladiators with head injuries which lead him to propose that behaviour results from connections between the brain and nerves.

Question 3

What did Rene Descartes propose?

Answer 3

proposed the concept of spinal reflexes and their neural pathways.

Question 4

What proposition is Luigi Galvani known for?

Answer 4

Studied structural anatomy of frogs. discovered inherent electrical property of our bodies.

Question 5

Paul Broca, Pierre Wernicke research?

Answer 5

discovered damages to specific brain regions caused predictable impairments.
Sensory function localized in posterior of brain
Frontal area responsible for complex thoughts/behaviours.

Question 6

What is the Reticular Theory (Golgi) obsolete?

Answer 6

Scientific theory that stated everything in the nervous system is made up of a single interlinking network

Question 7

What did Santiago Ramon do? what he propose

Answer 7

Created a staining technique that allowed for the ability to see individual neurons.
He proposed the Neuron Doctrine; the idea that the nervous system wasn’t a single network, but instead an array of separate cells