Physiological Psych People

Question 1

Broca

Answer 1

French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (Broca’s area)

Question 2

Cannon

Answer 2

Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system, including fight or flight reactions, investigated homeostasis, and with Bard proposed the Cannon-Bars theory of emotions

Question 3

Kandel

Answer 3

Demonstrated that simple learning behavior in sea snails (aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission

Question 4

James and Lange

Answer 4

Proposed the James-Lange theory of emotions

Question 5

Klüver and Bucy

Answer 5

Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from the bilateral removal of the amygdala; studied the amygdala’s role in emotions

Question 6

Luria

Answer 6

Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory, motor, and language functions

Question 7

Milner

Answer 7

Studied severe anterograde amnesia in HM, a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy

Question 8

Olds and Milner

Answer 8

Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using “self-stimulation” studies in rats

Question 9

Penfield

Answer 9

Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to map out different parts of the brain during surgery

Question 10

Schachter and Singer

Answer 10

Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factor theory of emotions

Question 11

Sherrington

Answer 11

English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synaptic communication between neurons

Question 12

Sperry and Gazzaniga

Answer 12

Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using “split brain” studies

Question 13

Wernicke

Answer 13

German neurologist who identified part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (Wernicke’s area)