unit 1 Scientists

Question 1

Rene Descartes

Answer 1

behaviour happens automatically and involuntarily.
He believed mind and body are separate but interact in pineal gland.

Question 2

Pineal gland

Answer 2

melatonin, depending on if its light or dark

Question 3

Luigi Galvani (nerve impulse)

Answer 3

nerve impulse and muscle contractions are produced by nerves and muscles. Not the brain.

Question 4

Johannes Purkinje

Answer 4

first to describe a nerve cell in detail.
Large nerve cells in cerebellum= Purkinje cells

Question 5

John Baptise Bouillaud

Answer 5

Frontal lobes= higher mental functions

Question 6

Joseph Gall (phrenology)

Answer 6

Diff area of brain= diff function
brain= muscle (gets bigger more we use)

Question 7

Phineas gage

Answer 7

iron rod through his skull
destroyed frontal lobe
deficit ability to inhibit

Question 8

Korbinion Broadmann

Answer 8

divided cerebral cortex in 52

Question 9

Camillo Golgi

Answer 9

Silver staining technique
discovered single neurons

Question 10

Santiago Ramon y Cejal

Answer 10

expanded silver staining
neurons are unitary

Question 11

Henry Dale

Answer 11

discovere first neurotransmitter= Acetyleholine

Question 12

Charles Scott Sherrington

Answer 12

identified synapses

Question 13

Benjamin Libett

Answer 13

Beyin biz bilinci olmadan haraketi yapacagimizi biliyo

Question 14

Wilder Panfield

Answer 14

light electric stimulation and discovered which parts = which functions

Question 15

Hubel & wiesel

Answer 15

basic and complex cells, experimented on monkeys and cats