PSYC 4034 Lecture : Psyc 4034 Ch1 Lecture
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If you take the nerve, you can manipulate it and the muscle will move. He generated electricity and connected the spinal cord of a frog to the ground and frog"s leg move by the passing current. Animistic still: a spiritual separation between inanimate and animate. Notion that discrete brain regions control discrete behaviors. Franz gall and phrenology bumps on the skull indicate skills associated with regions of cortex. Gall believed that mental traits are localized in discrete regions of the cortex. It isn"t about what part you destroy but how much you destroy. Eduard hitzig a surgeon in the army. Stimulate the area (so it is the opposite of ablation) Feeding, drinking, sexual behavior, reward and aversion, locomotion. Patient tan this was the only word or sound he could say. Muscles are not being executed in the correct sequence. Aphasia (nonfluent) he could read and understand but struggled with language expression. Fluent aphasia a problem of comprehension instead of expression.
