PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Central Nervous System, Erasmus Darwin, Cognitive Revolution
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In the past, psychology was medicine + philosophy; psychology as a study didnt exist in the form it is in today. Even now, psychology possesses a dualism: links the social and health sciences. >ancient egyptians knew the brain was the seat of consciousness, but heart was also crucial. > ancients had an idea of the brain"s function: if left side of the brian was damaged, then they understood that the right motor skills would be disabled. >>central nervous system (cns)=settled on as the seat of consciousness at present time. Cns is interconnected with all other human systems, is an open system, functioning of brain depends on external factors. Science itself isnt a closed system either, is contextualized in other processes such as historical, political, societal. Enlightened way of thinking ingrained in the eld of psychology. Post biolgical revolution & neuroscience: re-emergence of cognition & emotion, breaking down of the dualism, interdependence of the groups emphasized.
