History of Neuroscience

Neuroscience is

• Understanding of the brain and how it works

• Only the structure of the brain

• Only the function of the brain

• An unimportant topic

The First evidence of brain surgery was in what time period

• Egyptian empire

• Roman empire

• Greek empire

• Mesolithic era

Trepanation consists of,

• Removing the brain as a whole

• Removing part of the brain

• Creating a hole in the human skull

• Creating pressure on the brain

An unnamed Egyptian physician studied

• The Spinal chord

• Reflexes

• Battle caused brain damage

• Dualism

Greek philosopher Alcmeon of Croton believed

• The brain was useless

• The heart was the center of thought and soul

• The brain was the "Governing faculty" and is responsible for control of the body

• The brain was only used for thought

Greek philosopher Harophillis conducted

• Studies on thought

• Studies on movement

• Dissections of the heart and its chambers

• Dissections of the cerebrum and cerebellum

The common school of thought in the Greek empire was

• Bodily Humors controlled thought and movement

• The heart controlled thought and movement

• The brain controlled thought and movement

• The soul controlled thought and movement

The prominent Greek philosopher​ _________thought the heart was the center of thought.

• Aristotle

• Pythagoras

• Hippocrotes

Dualism is the idea that the mind (soul) and body (flesh) are

• Controlled by the brain and the heart respectively

• Completely separate they do not interact with one another

• Both controlled by the brain

• Both controlled by the heart

The founder of dualism was​ (a)  

• Decartes

• Aristotle

• Hippocrates