PSYB65H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Parietal Lobe, Ventricular System, Mirror Neuron
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Week 1 lecture #1: wednesday september 09, 2015. Neuropsychology: scientific study of the relationship between behaviour and the brain, draws from many disciplines, including anatomy, biology, pharmacology, and philosophy, experimental vs clinical. Psychology has a long past but only a short history - hermann ebbinghaus (outline of. History is what"s recorded or evidence we have of the past, we started thinking who we are, what are we doing here a long time ago. Just wasn"t recorded until we were able to communicate with one another. The brain hypothesis: the brain is the source of behaviour. The neuron hypothesis: the unit of brain structure and function is the neutron. Craniotomy/ectomy: depressed skull fractures, icp monitoring / treatment, subdural/epidural hematomas, deep brain stimulation. Medical reason, illness gone by removing part. Mind: internal experience that we all have with matter. Greek, roman, egyptian, europe, north/south america and middle east: alcmaeon, hippocrates, plato.
