PSYB65H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Resting Potential, Neurosis, Carl Wernicke
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The 10% myth there is no evidence to suggest that there is any part of our brain that we do not use. Experiments done on animals were they could still perform basic functions with 90% of their brain removed was over generalized to humans. William james/einstein > all quoted saying same type of things. Psychology: is the study of behaviour [describe, explain and predict beh] Experimental neuropsychology: focuses on how human beh arises from brain activity [explaining patterns of impairments in terms of disruptions to the damaged neural components] aka cogn neuropsychology/neuroscience. Heart, mind, brain: the early history of neuropsychology. Why study history > insight into the development of the science and info about what is let to discover and illustrates the # of times researchers were wrong about brain-beh relationships. Empedocles > the heart is the source of human beh, cardiac hypothesis.
