PSYC 190 Lecture 4: P190.Week2 (1)
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Demystification of central nervous system: dubois raymond led to us not believing the brain was not impacted by animals, speed of nerve impulse in frog leg 90 ft/second (von helmholtz, 2. Brain is the organ of the mind: 3. Flourence: father of ablation, experimented with animal brains, found that other areas of the brain would take over functioning of area cut out (plasticity, supported non-localization, 4. Phineas gage: spike through front of brain, prefrontal cortex damage involved in restraint, controlling emotion, supported localization, 5. Helmholtz: trichromatic color theory (true at the level of receptors of the eye, said the basila membrane is what determines the pitch we hear (true, pronett process theory (true at higher levels of processing, said by hering, 7. Developed techniques for measuring the cns: ablation of certain areas (take out area, see what happens, electrical stimulation, staining, recording, 8. Rather it is pressure, temperature, and locality: sensation varies only in quality and intensity .
