NROB60H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Insomnia, Motor Disorder, Cognitive Deficit
15 Jun 2012
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Neuroscience is young; the society for neuroscience formed in 1970. Hippocrates first challenged the idea that the heart was responsible for memories and consciousness. Greek scholars of the fourth century bc realized that the brain is the organ of sensation. Most influential scholar was hippocrates; found the brain is also responsible for intelligence. Idea was not widely accepted; aristotle said heart is responsible for intelligence and that the brain cools the blood that is overheated by the heart. The rational temperament of human was thus explained by the large cooling capacity of our brain. Views of the brain during the roman empire. The most important person is the greek physician/writer, galen, who agreed with hippocrates view of the brain. In this case, the right general conclusions were reached from the wrong reasoning. Galen split the brain and saw ventricles, which he thought validated the prevailing theory that the body functioned according to the balance of humors.
