PSY393H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Anterior Commissure, White Matter, Anterograde Amnesia
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Neurocentric view behaviour and soul resided in the brain. - acemaeon of crotomn engaged in early dissection traced optic nerve to the brain . -- hippocrates based entirely on the fact that we worked with patients who understand what was happening. -plato got right answer but not through scientific method. Perspective the heart was the seat of behaviour for almost 2000 years. We say a lot of things that do with the heart seat of behaviour and tradition i feel it inn my heart it is broken Church had a very strong hold on politics and science. What we did know about anatomy was inferred from animals. Was one of the first human anatomists. Circulsb- helped shift focus from the ventricles to the brain. He believed that animals had a body with no soul but humans had both so body and mind are separate. Quantitative method by seeing diff between brain damaged and not you can see differences.
