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Thomas Wills

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Thomas Wills had developed the terms ‘hemisphere’ and ‘lobe’ to discuss the brain. He determined automatic processes are controlled by specific areas

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Claudius Galen

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Claudius Galen was one of the first to study the brain in detail. He deduced the brain played an important role in sensation

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Franz Joseph Gall

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suggested that personality was directly linked to brain structures, and is noted for the development of phrenology

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Phrenology

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Is a pseudoscience that suggests our mental abilities and personality are controlled by 37 areas of the brain and that the shape and size of the skull can be measured to determin a person’s character

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Neuroimaging technquies

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  1. Position emssion temography (PET)

2. Magnetic resonace imaging (MRI)

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Position emssion temography (PET) defintion

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A technique that measures the volume and location of blood flow in the brain by tracking a radioactive substance (e.g. glucose) that has been injected into the person’s bloodstream

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Magnetic resonace imaging (MRI) defintion

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A neuroimaging procedure that uses harmless magaentic feilds and radio waves to produce a computer-enhanced image of the brain.

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Electical brain stimulation and measurement

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  1. Electrical stimulation of the brain (ESB)

2. Electroencephalograph (EGG)

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Electrical stimulation of the brain (ESB) defintion

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A technquie that sends mild electrical impluses through a probe to map brain

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Electroencephalograph (EGG) defintion

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A device that detects, amplifies and records elctrical activity in the brain in the form of brainwaves