HIST-1107EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Mental Disorder, Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning
5 Dec 2020
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Edwin smith papyrus 1862: papyrus from ancient egypt that contained short descriptions of the symptoms and treatment of different forms of brain injury. Plato: divided soul in 3 parts (1) responsible for reasoning, located in the brain (2) responsible for sensations, located in heart (3) appetite, placed in liver. Aristotle: heart: seat of the soul, brain: cold, counterbalances the heat of the heart. Animal spirits: travel over nerves between the ventricles in the brain and the body, produced and stored by the soul. Ventricles: thought to contain perception, memories and thought, seat of the animal spirit. Andreas vesalius 1514 1564: established that there are 3 ventricles: 1. Front, receives information from the senses (common sense) includes fantasy and imagination 2. Johann schenk von grafenberg: published book in 1585, reported clinical cases of brain injuries, concluded that after some damage, some patients were not able to speak anymore.
