PSYA01H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Cerebral Hemisphere, Ct Scan, White Matter
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Rene decartes body could be thought of as a highly complex machine humans possess a soul and free will: dualism. John locke advocated practice of empiricism (pursuit of truth through observation and experience) even the mind could be thought of as a machine. James mill materialism humans are no different from animals. Johannes muller systematically study human anatomy wrote doctrine of specific nerve energies - basic messages sent along all nerves was the same: an electrical impulse led to implication of specialized brain regions. Paul broca first to apply this logic to humans claimed to find the speech centre of the brain. Fritsch & hitzig using electrical stimulation mapped out the surface of the brain. Weber ability to discriminate between weights/lights (psychophysics) Wilhelm wundt first psychologist, first psychology textbook principles of physiological psychology believed via introspection, we could understand ideas and sensations structuralism psychology approach died out because of reporting in low level sensations, unaffected by experience.
