Introduction to Psychology: Unit 3

Biological Foundations of Behavior
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• On the Mind~Body Problem in Psychology ~ Handout

• Early Brain Function Ideas ~ Handout

• Nervous System Topography & the Functions of the Cerebral Lobes ~ Handout

• The Brain and Behavior ~ Handout

BROWZING Resources for the Mind~Body Unit Solutions to the MIND-BODY Problem Pineal Gland Geographic Location / Encarta© on the "Pineal Body" or Gland Title page of Descartes' work on "de l'âme," the mind. On Dualism from the UK MIND AND BODY: RENÉ DESCARTES TO WILLIAM JAMES~by Dr. Robert Wozniak La Mettrie's "Man A Machine" ~the entire text Frederick the Great's Eulogy on La Mettrie Bishop Berkeley's Middletown Home Two Articles on George Berkeley by Dr. Lois Eveleth, Professor of Philosophy at Salve Regina University. Emergent-Interaction Theory:The New "Dualism" Philosophy of Mind Online ~ Thumbnail Sketches of the Solutions

BROWZING Resources for the Early Brain Function Ideas Unit Peruse Vesalius' De Humani Coporis Fabrica - Original Text of 1543 on Line The History of Phrenology on the Web Dr. Walsh's Writings on Phrenology Cited on the Web ~ 1 "When Heads were Headlines"--by Dr. Walsh, READ FOR OUR NEXT QUIZ. Talking Heads:Phrenology at the Countway Library of Medicine The Durham Boy-1--The Durham Boy-2-- The Durham Boy-3-- The Durham Boy-4 Read more about Major Mitchell in my paper on his trial, viz., "The Curious Trial of the 'The Durham Boy'." Phrenology and the Fine Arts Mapping the mind in the 1990s Dr. Anthony A. Walsh's Complete Bibliography.

BROWZING Resources for the Nervous System Topography & the Cerebral Lobes Unit Evolutionary Factors for Consideration: Bipedalism and Encephalization Bipedalism Links for further Reading One, Two, and Three. Humans & Chimpanzees share 99% of the same genetic material... ...some maybe more! Chimp Brain versus a Human Brain Side-by-Side Human Brain Images Chimpanzee Brain Images Divisions of the nervous system-1 Divisions of the nervous system-2 * The Lobes of the Cerebral Cortex~1 / The Lobes of the Cerebral Cortex~2 Meninges~1 / Meninges~2 /Spinal Cord Cross Section Giant Brain View~2 / Giant Brain View~3 Brain computer model Comparative Mammalian Brain Collections Symptoms of cortical injury Temporal Lobe Epilepsy ~ TLE

BROWZING Resources for the Brain and Behavior PowerPoint Presentation Sensory & Motor Association Areas /Another Perspective on Both/ A Somatosensory Homunculus-1/ And Another-2 Motor Area Only Probe the Brain with Shockwave Left-right brain functions~1 / Left-right brain functions~2 Left-right injury effects Brain in Cross Section Hindbrain, Midbrain, Forebrain Brain Divisions~Another View Forebrain Only View Components of the Limbic System~1 Components of the Limbic System~2 Notes on the Thalamus and Hypothalamus Autonomic Nervous System~1 / Autonomic Nervous System~2 Fight or flight reaction via sympathetic activation Animals Relaxed / Animals Under Stress / A Soldier Under Stress Psychosomatic Illnesses Holmes-Rahe Social Readjustment Rating Scale On "The Evil Eye" and Voodoo Death / ...and again Mark Twain, Halley's Comet, and "Target Dating" The Merck Manual on "psychosomatic disorders" Anatomy of the Neuron~1 / Anatomy of the Neuron~2 Sensory & Motor Neurons Described Types of Neurons cat cortex / pial surface / glial(astrocyte) cells Nerve Impulse Mechanism Neurotransmitter Action Image Common Neurotransmitters Spinal Cord Image/Spinal Pain Reflex

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Useful and Interesting Brain Information Resources

• The Secret Life of the Brain-requires the Flash® Plugin
• Interesting Brain Facts
• The Human Central Nervous System
• Eric Chudler's Neuroscience Links-an exhaustive fascinating list, lots of psychology too
• Eric Chudler's Neurological Disorders-an exhaustive collection physiological disorders
• Human cryosections from head to toe-includes a video trip,slice by slice, through the human body
• Stephen King's "The Hand" Illusion
• Brain Fingerprinting Web Site / A 60 Minutes Case Study, 10-December-2000©
  Brain Fingerprinting Admissible in Court / The Harrington 60 Minutes Case Outcome
  Another Report on Brain Fingerprinting

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