PSYC 355 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Occipital Lobe, Cell Theory, Frontal Lobe
6 Dec 2016
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Understanding how the brain works requires vast knowledge on everything. Trepanation: boring holes in each other"s skull 7000 years ago goal = cure not kill. Skulls showed healing indicates procedures were carried out on the living. ^^ speculated that this was done to treat headaches or mental illnesses giving evil spirits an escape route. 5000 years ago heart = the seat of the soul not the brain. Rest of the body was preserved, brain was scooped out through the nose and thrown away. Body parts look different because they serve different functions. Appears to be a clear correlation between structure + function differences in. Ancient greece concluded the brain is the organ of sensation appearance predict differences in function. Hippocrates the father of western medicine intelligence. Believed the brain was not only involved in sensation but also was the seat of. ^ not universally accepted aristotle the heart was the center of.
