PSY 421 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Frontal Lobe, Action Potential, Physiognomy
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Bell-magendie law asserts that there are two types of nerves: sensory nerves and motor nerves. M ller, johannes (1801 1858) expanded the bell-magendie law and positioned the doctrine of speci c nerve energies. Du bois-reymond, emil (1818 1896) father of electrophysiology who measured the speed of the nerve impulse adequate stimulation state of which a sense modality is maximally sensitive. Ladd-franklin, christine (1847 1930) proposed a theory of color vision based on evolutionary principles physiognomy attempt to determine character through one"s facial features, bodily structure, and patterns of movement. Flourens, pierre (1794 1867) concluded that the cortical region of the brain acts as a whole and is not divided. Broca, paul (1824 1880) found evidence that the left frontal lobe of the cortex is specialized for speech production clinical method technique to determine behavior disorder in a living patient, and upon death, locating it in the brain.
