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31 Cards in this Set
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Luigi Galvani
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frogs & electricity
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emil du bois-reymond
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measured polarization change of active neuron
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hermann helmholtz
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measured speed of neural impulse
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vitalism
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spirits & stuff: opposed by Helmholtz
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ophthalmoscope
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see back of the eye
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Young-Helmholtz Theory
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trichromatic theory; red, green, and violet photoreceptors
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Opponent-process theory
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theory involving excitation and inhibition of photoreceptors
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Place theory of pitch perception
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basilar membrane varies in width
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Helmholtz-Hering Debate
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Helmholtz: space perception is learned; Hering: innate
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Ancestry of Social Psychology
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Hering, Stumpf, Gestaltists, Lewin, Social Psychology
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Ancestry of Cognitive Psychology
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Helmholtz, Wundt, Titchener, Cognitive Psychology
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Bell-Magendie Law
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Dorsal nerves are sensory, ventral are motor
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Doctrine of specific nerve energies
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nerves are specialized by modality; some sense only light when stimulated, etc.
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Phrenology
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localization of brain function makes individual differences in personality and intelligence discernable as bumps in the skull
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Gall and Spurzheim
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Two phrenologists
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Ablation method
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removal of brain parts to determine function
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Flourens
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used the Ablation method to discover localized functions
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Phineas Gage
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brain damage caused change in personality
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Pierre Broca
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discovered the area of the brain responsible for speech production
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Carl Wernicke
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discovered the area of the brain responsible for language comprehension
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Fritsch & Hitzig
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two psychologists who discovered the motor cortex in dogs via electrical stimulation
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Ferrier & Munk
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discovered that occipital lobe's involvement in vision via electrical stimulation
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Bartholow
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psychologist who electrically stimulated a conscious woman's exposed cortex
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Nerve network vs Neuron Doctrine
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continuous nerves versus nerve cells
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Golgi
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developed stain for observing neurons
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Ramon y Cajal
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discovered the synapse
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Sherrington
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discovered that nerve impulses travel slower if it crosses a synapse
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Otto Loewi
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discovered neurotransmitters
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Hodgkin & Huxley
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studied squid neurons
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Weber & Fechner
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made laws that describe just noticeable differences
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