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Task 8 (Developments (Renaissance (Alexander Vesalius: 3 Ventricles (Front…

- - - - Front Vesicle: common sense
      - Back of head: memory
      - Middle of the head: thought and judgment
  - - - Outer Layer -> rind/cortex
      - Layer underneath -> white matter
      - Thomas Willis: fluid in nerves
    - - Galen: sympathy
      - Jiri Prochaska: reflexes not by brain, but by spinal cord
  - - - Study of behavioural consequences of brain injury
  - - - Difficult localization issue based on human injuries
        
        only correlation, no causation
        
        widespread damage, not limited
      - Examinations only results in a list of symptoms
        
        stop looking for anatomical localizations; instead functional
        
        little theory
- - - - involuntary movements elicited by sensory stimuli
      - Two types of nerves
        
        afferent
        
        efferent
      - Reflexes dependent on spinal cord
    - - Ivan Sechenoy: higher functions of the brain were of a reflex nature
      - William James: only reflex would go against free will and human consciusness
- - - - Tripartite Soul
        
        1) Reasoning -> Brain
        
        separated from the body, controlled by it
        
        Immortal
        
        directly from soul of the universe
        
        2) Sensation -> Heart
        
        mortal
        
        a neck to separate from polluting the soul
        
        3) Appetite -> Liver
    - - Heart-> seat of the soul
      - Brains-> counterbalance heat of heart
    - - Brain -> seat of the soul
      - Ventricles- produce and store animal spirits
      - Spirits though nerves as communication between body and soul