PSYB64H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Blastocyst, Positron, Otto Loewi
5 Jan 2015
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Biological psychology is defined as the branch of psychology that studies the biological foundations of behavior, emotions and mental processes. They draw techniques and theories from psychology, biology, physiology, biochemistry, the neurosciences and other related fie lds. Archaeological evidence of brain suggests that people tried to cure others by drilling holes in the skull. Some skulls have been located that show signs of healing from the procedure known as trephining or trepanation, we can assume that the patient lived through the procedure. Based on egyptian texts, the edwin smith surgical papyrus represents the oldest known medical writing in history. They did not view the brain as an important structure. During mummification, the brain was removed through the nostrils and replaced with rosin contained a number of modern-sounding observations regarding the structure and function of the brain. Author clearly understood that paralysis and lack of sensation in the body resulted from nervous system damage.
