PSYB65H3 Lecture 1: LEC 01
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Neuropsychology scientific study of the relationship between behaviour and the brain. Draws from many disciplines anatomy, biology, pharmacology, philosophy. The brain hypothesis the brain is the source of behaviour. The neuron hypothesis the unit of brain structure and function is the neuron. Hermann ebbinghaus - famous for self-experimentation how memories fade with time. Trephination - surgical intervention where a hole is drilled, incised or scraped into the skull using simple surgical tools: happened early on from neolithic era, called neolithic trephination, prehistoric era multiple trephination. Modern neurosurgery: craniotomy (surgery for brain tumor removal)/ectomy (surgical removal of something) Biological basis of human experience/behaviour changed from cephalocentric to cardiocentric: cephalocentric viewpoint that brain is the source of reasoning and all human behaviour. Plato: cardiocentric viewpoint that the heart is the organ of the human mind or consciousness. Ancient egyptian, greek, and roman thinkers: nature and locus of the mind, advances in mathematics and philosophy.
