Sumerian
What is another name for the "Middle Stone Age" ?
Mesolithic Period
The Greek believed in bodily humors, what were they called?
Choles
What is the name of the French period we are interested in?
Renaissance
What is the inability to speak called?
Aphasia
What is neuroscience?
Understanding of the brain, how the brain works
What is or was trepanation used for?
Releasing of pressure on brain, or a release of evil spirits
What are Herophilus and Galen known for?
Dissections of the cerebrum and cerebellum
The soul controls muscles by moving fluid from pineal gland. Who proposed this idea?
René Descartes
What are the ridges on the surface of the brain called?
Gyri
When was neuroscience established?
1970
Where was the modern day location of the skull found in this time period?
France
Hippocrates believed the ___was responsible for thinking and reasoning
brain
What did Flemish Vesalius do?
Drew the gross anatomy of the brain
What are the valleys on the surface of the brain called?
Sulci
What are the two types of meninges?
Dura mater and pia mater
When was the Mesolithic period?
5000 BCE
Who did experiments on the living brain?
Erasistratus
What is the separation of brain and soul called?
Dualism
Bruising and convulsions on the brain are signs of what?
Brain trauma
Who discovered the meninges?
Hali Abbas
Why was the skull considered the earliest evidence of neuroscience?
Signs of healing from trepanation
With Aristotle's belief, what is the benefit of having a larger brain?
What does cerveau mean?
brain !
IN 3000 BCE, a physician was examining the brain. Why?
Examination of battle wounds to the head
What movie was used to show a flaw in use of the scientific method?
Monty Python and the Holy Grail