PSYC 242 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Galen, Phineas Gage, Golgi Apparatus
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Claudius galen dissected pigs and apes to gain knowledge about human anatomy. Phineas gage severe brain damage from a rail road accident, we go back to specialization. Descartes ner(cid:448)es (cid:449)ere hollo(cid:449) tu(cid:271)es that (cid:862)a(cid:374)i(cid:373)al spirits(cid:863) flo(cid:449)ed through to (cid:272)reate (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ior. Galvini frogs legs with spinal cord still attached, introduced electricity in the nervous system. Vesalius one of the first to dissect humans after the taboo and religion was gone. Flourens major physician in his time, center is in the brain, one of the first to believe this. Vitalism soul or spirit non-physical element no governed by principles of inanimate things. One of the major issues with vitalism was it could not be examined through observation. The neuron doctrine - neurons are individual cells, they are connected but are each own component. The reticular theory - it is a net (all one piece), neurons are all one big net piece. Equipotentiality the brain works as a whole.
