Exam 1: Extension: C - The Development of Neuropsychology

Today, when neuroscientists use the term "mind," most are using it as shorthand for:

Who first presented compelling evidence that the nervous system is composed of individual cells and is not a "nerve net"?

The brain is organized so that the _____ mediates cognitive functions, the _____ is responsible for regulatory functions like eating and sleeping, and the _____ is responsible for communication with the motor system.

Gall and Spurzheim were the first to propose the general theory that _____.

From studying several cases of brain damage, who proposed that speech was located in the third convolution of the left frontal lobe?

According to Descartes, which human brain structure was the locus of the mind?

Which subdivision of the peripheral nervous system is responsible for the transmission of sensory signals from the body to the contralateral side of the brain?

Who thought that mental processes came from the heart, not the brain?

A cranioscopy was used for which purpose?

So - called fluent aphasia, associated with damage to the left temporal lobe, was first accurately described and located by _____.

Who coined the term "synapse"?

By studying individuals with damage to particular brain regions, memory researchers have found that different aspects of memories seem to be stored in different parts of the brain. As yet, however, the researchers have not determined how these elements are combined into an integrated memory of an event or stimulus. This is referred to as the _____ problem.

In terms of the similarity of their ideas about nature, who is Alfred Wallace BEST paired with?

If someone believes in a material brain that interacts with a nonmaterial mind, that person would be BEST called a _____.