01:830:313 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Luigi Galvani, Pineal Gland, Nostril
Document Summary
Physio psychology: hybrid discipline, psychology, biology, chemistry, physics, philosophy. Blindsight: associated with damage to the portion of the cortex involved in vision. Person has no awareness of visual information but can execute some behavioral responses that suggest they can. See : they dodge if you throw something at the (conscious) Primitive visual systems: eye + head movements, reaching a person is not aware of visual info received, other simple behaviors. Mammalian visual systems: speech + thinking in words damage abolishes perception and awareness of visual stimuli, other complex behaviors. Dualism (mind vs. body): the belief that the body is physical but the mind (or soul) is not. Monism: mind is directly related to biological principles; not spiritual; mostly brain. Rene descartes; 17th century philosopher + mathematician: was a dualist; inspire monism, soul controls muscles through pineal gland (break line theory of behavior) Luigi galvani: 17th century physiologist: electrical stimulation of frog nerve made muscle twitch.
