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Physiological Psychology
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Psychology
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10/31/2006

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French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language
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Broca, P
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Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system, including "flight or fight" reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with bard, proposed the Cannon-Bard theory of emotions
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Cannon, W.
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Demonstrated that simple learning behavior in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
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Kandel, E.
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Proposed a theory that emotion-producing stimuli generate physical reactions, which are in turn perceived as felt emotions
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James, W. and Lange, C.
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Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied the amygdala's role in emotions
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Kluver, H. and Bucy, P.
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Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory, motor, and language functions
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Luria, A.
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Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M., a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy.
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Milner, B.
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Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using "self-stimulation" studies in rats
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Olds, J., and Milner, P.
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Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to "map" out different parts of the brain during surgery
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Penfield, W.;
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Proposed a theory of emotionality that holds that emotion are differentiated by their cognitive content, rather than by physiological responses
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Schachter, S. and Singer, J.
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English physiologist who first inferred the existence of the synapse
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Sperry, R. and Gazzaniga, M.
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German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language
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Wenicke, C.
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