PSYCH261 Lecture Notes - Ophthalmoscopy, Color Vision, Paul Broca
24 Mar 2013
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*dualism mind and body are separate substances. *awareness of and ability to communicate about ones thoughts, perceptions, memories, and feelings. *consciousness is not a property of all parts of the brain. What do those conscious experiences feel like? (philosophical) *present odour to left nostril left hemisphere identification is possible. *present odour to right nostril left hand can select the correct object. *patient behaves as if the left half of the world has simply ceased to exist. *not a problem of perception or motor control. *generalization developing theories/laws that provide general conclusion based on many observations of similar phenomena. *reduction describing a behaviour in terms of the more elementary processes that underlie it. Reducing it to the smallest unit to be understandable and easier to study. *egyptians describe brain related illnesses (epilepsy, aphasia) *considered the brain to be the center of thought and emotions. *reflexes automatic, stereotyped movement produced as a direct result of a stimulus.
