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1
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Where did Aristotle consider the seat of consciousness to be?

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The heart

2
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Why didn’t Aristotle think the brain was the seat of consciousness?

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It’s not sensative to external stimulation

3
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Why did the printing press change how people viewed studies of anatomy?

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It meant pervious works such as those by Galen were more sidely avaliable and subject to criticism

4
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How did Vesalius challenge Galen’s account of anatomy in the 1500s?

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He argued that the nerve is a mode of transmitting sensation and motion

5
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What was the Murder Act of 1752 and what did it cause?

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Made it legal to disect murderers

There weren’t enough bodies so grave robbing became popular

6
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Who came up with the idea of phrenology?

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Gall

7
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What is phrenology?

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Judgements can be made about a person’s personality by their headshape

8
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What are the main assuptions of phrenology?

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The skull reflects the underlying shape of the brain

Areas of the brain are linked with the traits Gall suggested

Contradicting evidence can be explained by counterbalancing from other organs

9
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What part of the brain did Gall discover?

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The cerebrum

10
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How did Flourens discredit phrenology?

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Removed small parts of animals brains and observed the effects

Found that unrelated parts of the brain can take over functions from damaged parts

11
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What are the two areas of the brain important for language?

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Broca’s area

Wernicke’s area

12
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Which part of the brain is responsible for the formation of language?

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Broca’s area

13
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What is Broca’s area responsible for?

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The formation of language

14
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What part of the brain is responsible for understanding speech?

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Wernicke’s area

15
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What is Wernicke’s area responsible for?

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Understanding speech

16
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By the 1870s, what did we know about the brain?

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It was electrical

Higherachrially organised

Spatially specific

Linked to psychiatric symptoms