Cognitive neuroscience summary

Cognitive neuroscience summary Cognitive neuroscience - answerThe study of the physiological basis of cognition Franz Josef Gall & Phrenology - answer(1796) Idea of localization of function. Different parts of the brain are responsible for a certain mental function Broca & Tan - answerBroca's patient could only say "tan", after his death they found damaged to the focal region of the brain. Broca assumed that the focal region is responsible for speech production, this area, in the frontal lobe, came to be called Broca's area, and the condition he described was called Broca's aphasia. Equipotentiality - answerEvery part of the brain is equally important to every single behaviour and function "All perceptions, all volitions occupy the same seat in these (cerebral) organs; the faculty of perceiving, of conceiving, of willing merely constitutes therefore a faculty which is essentially one" Flourens (1823) Neuron - answerA nervous system cell that receives and conducts electrochemical impulses. Building block of the nervous system Nerve - answerLarge bundle of axons outside the brain and spinal cord Dendrites - answerBranch out from the cell body to receive signals from other neurons Axon (nerve fiber) - answerTransmits signals to other neurons