[box_out][box_in] Nineteenth-century neurology was dominated by two opposing schools of thought. Early in the century Franz Gall claimed that the bumps on a person’s head revealed personality traits, each of which was controlled by a specific region of the brain. While this pseudoscience—phrenology- enjoyed a fashionable success. Gall was ridiculed by the leading neurologist of the 1840s, M. J. P. Flourens, who argued that the brain functioned as a whole, that individual bodily functions were not dependent on separate regions of the brain, and that it was impossible to predict the specific effects of any localized form of brain damage.
In 1861 the neuroanatomist Paul Broca challenged Flourens and the “holistic" school by demonstrating that damage to a specific region on the left side of the cerebral cortex caused severe language problems. Subsequently, the neurologist Carl Wernicke argued that the region discovered by Broca was somehow responsible for translating language
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In 1861 the neuroanatomist Paul Broca challenged Flourens and the “holistic" school by demonstrating that damage to a specific region on the left side of the cerebral cortex caused severe language problems. Subsequently, the neurologist Carl Wernicke argued that the region discovered by Broca was somehow responsible for translating language
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Statistics : Posted by Bunuel • on 11 Mar 2024, 09:19 • Replies 0 • Views 54
