PSYCH 2NF3 Midterm: Test 1
23 Mar 2017
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Nueropsychology: connection between human behaviour and the brain: brain theory the brain is the source of behavior, neuron theory idea that the unit of brain structure and function is the neuron. Mind is located in the heart itself. Believed that the mind is found in the brain. Believed that the mind and body were separate. In material: mind (cant see it or feel it, yet it exists) he equated the mind to the soul. Materialism idea that rational behavior can be explained by nervous system and rooted from evolutionary theories. The purpose of having a brain is movement. Every aspect of cognition is meant for movements. Once sea squirt chooses its spot to live forever and no longer move, it eats its own brain. Bro(cid:272)a"s area speech production, left frontal lobe. Wer(cid:374)i(cid:272)ke"s area - organization of speech, temporal lobe. He pioneered consious brain surgery the size of individual body parts corresponds with the physical size of the body part.
