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1
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What is the influence of behaviourism?

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Lashley and Watson put leisons on rats brains and made them run mazes of varying difficulty

2
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What is equipotentiality?

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The capacity of any part of the brain to carry out memory function which are lost in other parts

3
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What is the law of mass action?

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The performance of an entire complex function may be reduced in proportion to the brain injury

4
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Who came up with the idea of lobotomy to treat mental illness?

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Moniz

5
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Who described the synaptic cleft?

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Cajal

6
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What contribution did Leowi make in neuroscience?

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Neurons communicate chemically across the cleft

Iscolated the first neurotransmitter

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What contribution did Hebb make to neuroscience?

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Argued the importance of the frontal lobes in early learning and development

Neurons that fire together wire together

8
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What contribution did Milner make to neuroscience?

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Understanding of the hippocampus and it’s role in memory