AP Psych. Biological Basis of Behavior

a French surgeon, was the first to discover the portions of the frontal lobe that dealt with speech; discovered that lesions on certain parts of the frontal lobe caused aphasia-the inability to comprehend or formulate language

• Paul Broca

• Charles Darwin

• Michael Gazzaniga

• Roger Sperry

natural selection and the foundation for functionalism and evolutionary psychology

• Paul Broca

• Carl Wernicke

• Roger Sperry

• Charles Darwin

split hemisphere research, minds operate independently and the left side rationlizes actions it doesn't understand (right side commanded to walk, left side doesn't know why but comes up with answer when asked)

• Roger Sperry

• Carl Wernicke

• Michael Gazzaniga

• Paul Broca

split brain research on learning by severing the corpus callosum of cats

• Roger Sperry

• Charles Darwin

• Michael Gazzaniga

• Roger Sperry

advanced anatomical knowledge of the speech portions of the brain

• Carl Wernicke

• Paul Broca

• Charles Darwin

• Roger Sperry