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Localizationist

believed in the theory of localized brain functions

Cognitive Neuroscience (basic assumptions)

-memory, attention, language, perceptual and motor processes are carried out by brain


-cog neuroscience studies how the brain performs these actions

Cognitive neuroscience

the study of how the brain enables the mind




cognition is implemented in the brain




measures of brain activity can tell us about the internal representations and how they are organized

Neuroscience

the study of how the nervous system is organized and function

Neurology

The study of the nervous system and its disorders

Birth of neuron

Cammilo Golgi developed a famous cell stain for staining neurons. Using Golgi's method, Santiago Cajal found out neurons were discrete entities. They were known as the neuron doctrine

Associationism

the theory that the aggregate of a person's experience determines the course of mental development

Nativists

people who believe that certain skills or abilities are hard-wired into the brain at birth

Behaviorism

the theory that environment and learning are the primary factors in mental development, and that people should be studied by outside observations

Cognitivism

the reaction to behaviorism. it is the study of mental processes through the scientific method and abstractions from behavior