NSCI 1051 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Fear, Frontal Lobe, Umber
11 Mar 2014
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Human brain weight: at birth = about . 88 lb. Egyptian beliefs about the seat of the soul and repository of memories. Aristotle"s view of the seat of the soul. Hippocrates view of the seat of the soul. Renaissance views of the role of the ventricles. Any neural element outside of the brain and spinal cord. Ancient skull surgeries, some skulls show signs of healing. Heart was the seat of the soul, brain was discarded. Greek physician to gladiators brain substance (not ventricles) associated with highest function, noticed brain damage can affect the rational mind. Tried to deduce structure from function with cerebrum and cerebellum. Believed fluid in ventricles coming from the brain pumped up muscles and make them move like hydrolics. Separated brain from the mind, they are distinct entities, the rational soul only exists in humans not animals, soul and body interact through pineal gland. Father of phrenology, convolutions of the brain related to function.
