PSYC 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Axon Hillock, Central Nervous System, Axon Terminal
31 Aug 2016
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Brain and behavior: historically, the brain has not always been through to be involved. a. i. Trepanation: boring a hole into the skull artificially and purposely a. i. 1. a. Due to an accident there may be fragments of bone puncturing the brain or it is a treatment of certain disorders. Surgical/edwin smith papyrus (surgical manual) that concerns the treatment of various injuries (~2500 b. c. e. ) a. ii. 2. First description of cranial sutures, meninges, external surface of the brain, cerebrospinal fluid, intracranial pulsations. a. ii. 3. First account of surgical stitching and dressings a. iii. The nervous system has a central role in personality. Almaeon, hippocrates, galen central role for brain in thought and sensation. Democritus, plato and the triune soul (head, heart, and liver) Aristotle the heart as the seat of intellect, generator of will, and it cools the blood. Cartesian dualism: the mind and brain interact via pineal body; a principle which states that the mind and body are, non-identical.
