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Localizationist |
believed in the theory of localized brain functions |
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Cognitive Neuroscience (basic assumptions) |
-memory, attention, language, perceptual and motor processes are carried out by brain -cog neuroscience studies how the brain performs these actions |
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Cognitive neuroscience |
the study of how the brain enables the mind cognition is implemented in the brain measures of brain activity can tell us about the internal representations and how they are organized |
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Neuroscience |
the study of how the nervous system is organized and function |
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Neurology |
The study of the nervous system and its disorders |
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Birth of neuron |
Cammilo Golgi developed a famous cell stain for staining neurons. Using Golgi's method, Santiago Cajal found out neurons were discrete entities. They were known as the neuron doctrine |
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Associationism |
the theory that the aggregate of a person's experience determines the course of mental development |
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Nativists |
people who believe that certain skills or abilities are hard-wired into the brain at birth |
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Behaviorism |
the theory that environment and learning are the primary factors in mental development, and that people should be studied by outside observations |
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Cognitivism |
the reaction to behaviorism. it is the study of mental processes through the scientific method and abstractions from behavior |