PSYC85H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Franz Joseph Gall, Gustav Fritsch, Paul Broca
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Bessel reasoned that differences in observation times would be found among all astronomers, a phenomenon that came to be called the personal equation. bessel proceeded to test his hypothesis and found it to be correct. As a result, scientists were forced to focus on the role of the human observer to account fully for the results of their experiments. Physiology became an experimentally oriented discipline during the 1830s, primarily under the influence of the german physiologist johannes m ller (1801 1858), who advocated the use of the experimental method. One of his most influential publications was the handbook of the physiology of mankind, published between 1833 and 1840. These volumes summarized the physiological research of the period and systematized a large body of knowledge. M ller is also noteworthy in physiology and psychology for his theory of the specific energies of nerves. Research on brain functions: mapping from the inside.
