PSYCH 115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Luigi Galvani, Behavioral Neuroscience, Stretch Reflex
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Behavioral neuroscience: the study of the neural bases of psychological processes and behavior. Neuroscience: the study of the nervous system. Terminology refers more to the subject matter than the scientists" training: Neuroscientists can be computer scientists, chemists, psychologists, physiologists, mathematicians, etc. In antiquity, the heart and the gut organs were thought to control emotions. Pharaohs embalmed other organs, but not the brain. Aristotle thought the brain acted as a cooling mechanism. The physician galen linked head damage in gladiators to changes in behavior. Lesion study lead to the understanding of the importance of the brain (the first discovery) Da vinci and other anatomists also noted ventricles in the brain and those different body regions connected to different nerves. They cut open the brain and study the organs. Galen thought animal spirits traveled through nerves. Because when animal parts flow through when they open up the animal. Later physicians thought the ventricles and nerves moved muscles hydraulically.
