KIN456 Lecture Notes - Nerve Net, Retinotopy, White Matter
9 Dec 2013
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Brain hypothesis- our behaviour is largely controlled through our brain. Neuron hypothesis- basic building block of nervous system is our neurons. Localization- certain parts of our brain control specific behavior. Anti-localization- idea that the brain operates as a whole, look to the whole brain as opossed to parts. Functional systems (neuro-networks)- different parts of brain work together in the functional systems. E. g. in reaching there is a part of the brain that controls movement and a part that controls vision etc. Similar to localization approach but with benefits i. e. parts work together. Hippocrates (400 bc: brain was organ of the intellect. In these ways i am of opinion that the brain exercises the greatest power in the man. This is the interpreter to us of those things which emanate from the air, when it [the brain] happens to be in a sound state. And the eyes, the ears, the tongue and the feet, administer such things as the brain cogitates.
