PSYC62H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Camillo Golgi, Donald O. Hebb, Golgi'S Method
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Lecture 02 20. 05. 22 a brief [and incomplete] history of functional neuroanatomy. Aristotle (335 bc) thought that the organ of thought and sensation was the heart. He tought that the brain was merely a radiator designed to cool the heart. He believed that it was the brain, and its cooling" properties that allowed humans to be more rational than other animals. Galen (170 bc) thought that the brain was a gland, secreting four fluids; blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile. Different levels of the various fluids resulted in the variance in human temperament. He also believed that the mental faculties (i. e. , memory, emotion, etc) were situated in brain ventricles. Herophilus (335 bc) was an egyptian who is thought to be a founder of the scientific method in anatomy. He was among the first to learn more about the human body via post-mortem dissections. He differentiated between the cerebral cortex and the cerebellum, and identified the ventricles in the brain.
