[PSYC BC 1119y] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (19 pages long)
7 Feb 2017
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Day 2: january 19th, 2017 f: entire lecture ppt is posted. First part of lecture - contextualize, not on exam. A (very) brief history of behavioral neuroscience: cardiocentric theory, aristotle (384-322 b. c. e. , heart occupies the uppermost place in psychological and physiological hierarchy, the heart @ center of everythingkind of makes sense. All of the blood in your body pumps through your heart; it"s warm, actively bleeding. He also was the physician to many gladiators, and when they were injured or killed he had to take care of them. When they had brains bashed in, he was able to look anatomically at how the brain was connected to the rest of the body. Incorrect, but it persisted for a very, very long time - even into the 1800"s: however, in 1892 santiago ramon y cajal begun to develop the neuron doctrine", because of advancement in technology!! Two things helped him: tissue staining techniques (camillo golgi 1843-1926) - see diagram on slide.
