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Dualism
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Body and mind exist. The body is physical, the mind is not. You don't have a mind of your own-it is just part of matter and energy.
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Materialism
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The world consists of only matter and energy, and the mind is part of it. Body solution of monism(either body or mind).
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Descartes
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Chief architect interactionism-the interaction of the material body and immaterial mind takes place in the brain. Mind and body interact in the brain. The body works like a machine-it followed the law of physics. The mind controls the body, but the body can influence the otherwise rational mind.
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Aristotle
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The brain cools the passions of the heart. The mind resides in the heart.
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Reflex
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An involuntary response to a stimulus, causes by a direct connection between a sensory receptor and a muscle.
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P. Gage
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He was a good man, and then got a rod stuck through his head. He survived, but the accident completely changed who he is.
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Dorsal
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Cuts off the ability to feel pain, though you still have the reflex.
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Ventral
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Cuts off the ability to move and perform the reflex, though you still feel the pain.
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Broca's area
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Speech. If damaged, you can understand language, but can't speak.
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Wernicke's area
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Understanding language. If damaged, can speak, but it is gibberish. Low level of understanding.
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Animal research
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Animals now have rights and cannot be harmed during research. However, many discoveries have resulted in harming animals in the past.
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Synapse
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The point of functional contact between a nueron and its target. Where a nueron and the target meet.
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Parts of a nueron
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 Soma-cell body dendrites-transmit info toward the cell body axon-transmits info away from cell body |
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Occipital lobe
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Vision
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Temporal lobe
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Skin sensations
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