PSYC 4008 Lecture : PSYC 4008 Test 1 Lecture Notes
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Rene descartes (1596-1650) liked automatons (a 3 ft tall lady sitting at a piano that lived in france, by adulthood believed that maybe this mechanistic view is something that applies to living creatures. Developed theory of animatomotion that said movement in us is mechanical, physical, not soul that allows us to move. Muscles in the body changing their shapes when they are filled with animal spirits. They flow thru the brains and into muscles and make them change their shape and movement. Used it to explain both automatic action and . rlexes action comes from threads in nerves and is purely mechanical. All of animal action is explained with nothing but mechanics. When we move, the mind causes the pineal gland to be displaced a very small amount, exposes a pore and a big effect is produced in the body. The mind doesn"t move u, the animal spirits do.
