NEUR 001 Lecture Notes - Fall 2018 Lecture 1 - Human Connectome Project, Natural selection, 2 Hearts (Kylie Minogue song)
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Brief history of cellular, behavioral and cognitive neuroscience. Origins in mind body problem: monism vs. dualism. Pythagoras, hippocrates, aristotle, plato: hippocrates intellect is in brain, aristotle intellect is in hearts. Rene descartes ( 1600s: soul (mind) and body (brain) are separate but linked through pineal gland, mind can think, emote; body is a machine, reflex arc. Some actions are reflexes and it is done to save us in times of danger. Consciousness: what we are aware of moment to moment and what we think. Luigi galvani (late 1700s) italian neurophysiologist: electrical stimulation contracted detached muscle, do(cid:374)"t (cid:374)eed a (cid:373)i(cid:374)d to (cid:272)o(cid:374)trol (cid:271)ody the action has to be conscious. If you had a bump in a specific area on your head it signified something. Pierre flourens (1800s) **: started experimental ablation (lesioning) Infer function by removing parts of brain and determining consequence of that part removed: could electrically or chemically overstimulate a part of the brain to kill off the neurons.
