PSY399 - exam1 Flashcards
who said that “the body instructs the brain”?
Esther Thelen
inability to recognize objects presented by way of one or more sensory modalities that cannot be explained by a defect in elementary sensation or a reduced level of consciousness or alertness
agnosia
branch of clinical psychology emphasizing the relationship between brain and behavior, including the diagnosis of brain pathology using cognitive or psychological tests
definition of neuropsychology
Who investigated a speech area in the left frontal lobe? what year?
Paul Broca
1860
who proposed an expressive language function and a receptive language function? what year?
John Hughlings Jackson
1868
Who discovered the receptive language area in the left temporal lobe?
Carl Wernicke
1874
Who postulated that the NS is a continuous web of billions of separate yet interconnected cells? what year?
santiago ramon y cajal
1889
Who explores the nature of spinal reflexes, discovers a 2:1 afferent:efferent supply of nerves to muscles, publishes The Integrative Action of the NS in which he describes spatial and temporal summation
Sir Charles Sherrington
acetylcholine
otto loewi
1921
norepinephrine
ulf von euler
1946
dopamine
arvid carlsson
1950s
GABA (gamma amino butyric acid)
eugene roberts and j. awapara
1950
serotonin
vittorio erspamer
1950s
Fabrication of stories in response to questions about situations or events that are not recalled
Confabulation
Prefix used to indicate that a function has never developed normally. Prefix may also be used to indicate a perversion of normal function or an incomplete defect.
Dys-
