PSYC 1030H Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Hermann Von Helmholtz, René Descartes, Too Short
11 Apr 2019
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The mind could not be studied by the methods of science for the 16th century. Too short in time to be observed. The mind runs on the speed of light how do you observe it? . Took up the challenge of attempting to study the mind mathematically. Conducted studies on the physiology of optics & acoustics. Mid-1800s he believed the speed of nervous conduction was thought to be faster than the speed of light. Helmholtz trained subjects to press a button when parts of their bodies were touched. Stimulating different parts of the body to calculate speed of nervous impulse. Showing the body uses mathematic laws of principles. Wundt founder of psychology divided philosophy & physiology = psychology. Gave his first course in psychology as a natural science in 1862. Published first editions of principles of phyiological psychology. Psychology was the scientific study of the human mind. To uncover the universal laws of the human mind.
