Introduction to Psychology: Unit 3

Biological Foundations of Behavior
Always REFRESH/RELOAD for latest version! Contributors all to the Mind-Body Problem in Psychology Debate. From left to right top. Row 1: Berkeley, Spinoza, Titchener, & Sperry. Row 2: Gazzanaga, Descartes, & Skinner. Row 3: LaMettrie, Leibniz, Locke, & Plato. CLICK ON THE IMAGE FOR A LARGER VIEW.

BROWZING Resources for the Mind~Body Unit

Plastinated human male from the Body Worlds anatomical exhibition of real human bodies created by Dr. Gunther von Hagens.  This view of our humanity seems to confirm Descartes' and La Mettrie's idea that the physical side of our nature is very machine like. Click image for another image from this exhibit.
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

  • 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
  • Divisions of the nervous system-1
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  • The Lobes of the Cerebral Cortex~1 / The Lobes of the Cerebral Cortex~2
  • Meninges~1 / Meninges~2 /Spinal Cord Cross Section
  • Dr. Walsh's infamous jello brain dessert. Click image for a larger view. Have you used your brain today? Fire up some neurons and try a crossword puzzle on this brain unit.

    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
  • Left-right brain functions~1 / Left-right brain functions~2
  • Brain in Cross Section
  • Hindbrain, Midbrain, Forebrain
  • Brain Divisions~Another View
  • Forebrain Only View
  • Components of the Limbic System~1 Notes on the Thalamus and Hypothalamus
  • Autonomic Nervous System~1 / Autonomic Nervous System~2
  • Anatomy of the Neuron~1 / Anatomy of the Neuron~2
  • Spinal Cord Image/Spinal Pain Reflex
  • Wilder Penfield, responsible for mapping the human motor cortex. Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain ~ target dated his own death to coincide with Halley's Comet's return late in life.

    P300 Event Related Potential(ERP) graphic.
    Key terms, names, & concepts, dates, etc. for this unit in PDF format

    Useful and Interesting Brain Information Resources


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