PSYC31H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Clinical Neuropsychology, René Descartes, Pineal Gland
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Clinical neuropsychology: an applied science concerned with the behavioural expression of brain dysfunction, how the brain functions in normal individuals and those with brain illness or injury. His idea was not true tho: hippocrates. Described individuals who sustained injuries on the contralateral side of the brain. Brain (mind) is in the heart: galen. Diagnostic imaging technologies: allow us to see in-vivo without messing things up. The emotional and behavioural characteristics of an individual, group, or activity. I(cid:374) realit(cid:455), (cid:374)othi(cid:374)g is (cid:272)o(cid:373)part(cid:373)e(cid:374)talized (cid:449)e do this to u(cid:374)dersta(cid:374)d phe(cid:374)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)a: everything is dynamic, intrinsic, and dependent, best simplification. Ps(cid:455)(cid:272)holog(cid:455): the (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour of the orga(cid:374)is(cid:373)s (cid:862)soft(cid:449)are(cid:863: since the earliest historic times, humans have always been intrigued by the potential relationship between the body and behaviour. Personality traits associated with the four bodily humours. Lecture 1: phlegm, yellow bile, black bile, and blood. The heart is the seat of the mind. The brain is the seat of the mind.
