NROB60H3 Lecture 1: Chapter One
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7000 years ago, people were (cid:271)ori(cid:374)g holes i(cid:374) ea(cid:272)h other(cid:859)s skulls trepanation to cure. This treatment was to cure head aches and mental disorders giving evil spirits a way to escape. In egypt, the heart was the route of consciousness all until hippocrates showed up. Correlation between structure and function differences in appearances predict differences in function. Head specialized for sensing the environment with eyes and ears, nose and tongue. Greek scholars concluded: brain is the organ of sensation. Hippocrates believed the brain was not only involved in sensation, but also intelligence. Aristotle belief that the heart was the center of intellect and the brain was a radiator for cooling blood that was overheated by the heart. Views of the brain during the roman empire. Galen embraced hippocratic views of brain function influenced by many animal dissections. 2 major parts of the brain: cerebrum and cerebellum .
