PSYC 355 Midterm: Chapter 1, Scope and outlook

• School: Concordia University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 355
• Professor: Alan Boyle

Document Summary

The fluid in the nervous system referred as mysterious fluid, he called it animal spirt: the history of research on the brain and behaviour begins in antiquity. Artists claimed the brain as complex organ of the body, and it was god"s gift to human kinds. Leonard da vinci put wax in the brain and dried it then, he cut some tissue to find the shape of ventricles. Descartes explained animal behaviour in terms of machine. He didn"t believe that animals have brain, and he also believed that the mind is spiritual integrity. He proposed the concept of spinal reflexes, neural pathway, and also, he claimed that pineal gland is junction between body and mind. In 19th century, phrenologist composed the separate area of the mind that is responsible for different functions. Behavioural neuroscience: neuroscience is study of nervous system, behavioral neuroscience is study of biological bases psychological process and behavior.