PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Limbic System, Fuel, Pituitary Gland

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Heather Jenkin

Document Summary

Our understanding of how the brain gives birth to the mind has come a long way. Greek philosopher plato correctly located the mind in the spherical head---his idea of the perfect form. Aristotle believed the mind was in the heart pumps warmth and vitality, love. The brain is the organ that falls in love. German physician franz gall proposed that phrenology (studying bumps on the skull) could reveal a person"s mental abilities and character traits. Within the past century researchers seeking to understand the biology of the mind discovered that. Among the body"s cell are nerve cells that conduct electricity and talk to one another by sending chemical messages across a tiny gap that separates them. Specific brain systems serve specific functions (though not the functions gall supposed) We integrate info processed in these different brain systems to construct our experience of sights and sounds, meanings and memories, pain and passion. Our adaptive brain is wired by our experience.