Early Brain Research
Early research on the brain served to
locate individualized functions, despite the misconceptions of Gall’s theory of
phrenology
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Phrenology: the magnitide of your facilities can be measured by looking at the skull
Faculties act on and transform sensations
They don't exist to the same extent in all humans
They exist in specific areas of the brain
-well developed à bump
-poorly developed à depression
Suggested that cortical development is related to mental functioning
Pierre
Flourens 1794-1867
Researched the brain be destroying sections and looking at the results
Cerebellum à coordination
Cerebrum à passivity
Semicircular canals à loss of balance
Paul Broca 1824-1880
Observed a behavioral disorder (loss of speech) and then located the area of the brain causing it (part of the left side of the cortex)