Lecture 1 Outline of Last Lecture I. N/A Outline of Current Lecture I. The mind-body problem II. Cartesian dualism/monism III. Localization of function Current Lecture IV. The mind-body problem A. Body as a machine B. Cartesian dualism 1. Somewhat offensive to reduce people to just synapses and reactions 2. Descartes suggests there’s a material body and an immaterial soul 3. immaterial soul controls willful/conscious behavior 4. Thought that soul interacted with body in the pineal gland 5. Pineal gland towards the back half of the brain —> only part of the brain that is not divided into two parts 6. Rest of the brain was just like a hydraulic system 7. dualism provided a model that scientists could test about theory of mind and body 8. model: a physical analogy for physiological process e.g. computers are like brains C. Monism 1. belief that known universe consist of matter and energy Psy 3061 1st Edition These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best !used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute. !2. mind is a phenomenon produced by the workings of the nervous system A. localization of function 1. phrenology: notion that specific behaviors can be localized to functions of specific cerebral regions 2. certain psychological functions can be localized to certain tissues 3. Johannes Muller —> doctrine of specific nerve energies a) all impulses are the same basic message b) e.g. message from hand to brain is the same as foot to brain c) what matters is that different parts of the brain process different info in different ways 1. Paul Broca looked at an autopsy of a person who lost the ability to speak after a stroke a) discovered damage to a specific part of the brain in the frontal lobe b) concluded it was the part of the brain responsible for speech production c) broca’s area —> frontal lobe on the left side 2. trying to reduce what’s in nature to something more manageable but cannot localize function to one specific area 3. network of localized functions a) like a computer, the brain is an interconnected machine where if one piece breaks the others will lose function as
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