[PSYC 355] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (56 pages long!)

• School: Concordia University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 355
• Professor: Stephane Gaskin

Document Summary

Neurobiology notes 355 january 6th (notes from moodle) Prehistoric ancestors - brain vital to life. Skull surgeries - evidence: trepanation, -skull shows signs of healing. Views of ancient egypt - heart : seat of soul and memory (not the head) Hippocrates - brain: involved in sensation, seat of intelligence. Aristotle - clung to the heart was the centre of intellect - brain was the radiator that cooled the blood, - tempered the seething heart. Views of greek physician galen - cerebrum - cerebellum - ventricles. Central subdivision: brain and spinal cord, peripheral division: network of nerves coursing through the body. Nerve as wires, understanding of electrical phenomena, nervous system can generate electricity. Bell and magendie: dorsal and ventral roots carry information in opposite directions. Charles bell - cerebellum: origin of the motor fibers, cerebrum: destination of sensory fibers. Franz joseph gall - phrenology: bumps on the surface of skull reflect brain surface and related personality traits.