PSYC 4008 Chapter : Chapter 3 T2
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Enlightenment 18th-20th centruies: science and reason came to be seen as the only sure way to shed light on the darkness of ignorance. Functioning of the nervous system questioned by use of guillotine by theodor bischoff= concluded consciousness ended with the moment of execution; consciousness relies int eh brain. Descartes was the first to develop a model of reflex action. Multiple: two scientists working in different labs at about the same time and not aware of the others research, arrive at similar results. Bell: based on inference from anatomy rather than experience. Bell-magendie law: posterior roots of the spinal cord controlled sensation while anterior roots controlled motor responses. Idea of a new anatomy of the brain; written before magendie but only sent to 100 friends. He mistakenly believed that both roots had some sensory and motor function just depended where they were connected in the brain.
