Cerebral localization of the mind and higher functions The beginnings
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Resumo: | Abstract The debates about the mind and its higher functions, and attempts to locate them in the body, have represented a subject of interest of innumerable sages since ancient times. The doubt concerning the part of the body that housed these functions, the heart (cardiocentric doctrine) or the brain (cephalocentric doctrine), drove the search. The Egyptians, millennia ago, held a cardiocentric view. A very long time later, ancient Greek scholars took up the theme anew, but remained undecided between the heart and the brain, a controversy that lasted for centuries. The cephalocentric view prevailed, and a new inquiry ensued about the location of these functions within the brain, the ventricles or the nervous tissue, which also continued for centuries. The latter localization, although initially inaccurate, gained traction. However, it represented only a beginning, as further studies in the centuries that followed revealed more precise definitions and localizations of the higher mental functions. |
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Cerebral localization of the mind and higher functions The beginningscardiocentriccephalocentricbrain ventriclesanimal spirithigher functionsAbstract The debates about the mind and its higher functions, and attempts to locate them in the body, have represented a subject of interest of innumerable sages since ancient times. The doubt concerning the part of the body that housed these functions, the heart (cardiocentric doctrine) or the brain (cephalocentric doctrine), drove the search. The Egyptians, millennia ago, held a cardiocentric view. A very long time later, ancient Greek scholars took up the theme anew, but remained undecided between the heart and the brain, a controversy that lasted for centuries. The cephalocentric view prevailed, and a new inquiry ensued about the location of these functions within the brain, the ventricles or the nervous tissue, which also continued for centuries. The latter localization, although initially inaccurate, gained traction. However, it represented only a beginning, as further studies in the centuries that followed revealed more precise definitions and localizations of the higher mental functions.Academia Brasileira de Neurologia, Departamento de Neurologia Cognitiva e Envelhecimento2018-09-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642018000300321Dementia & Neuropsychologia v.12 n.3 2018reponame:Dementia & Neuropsychologiainstname:Associação de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento (ANCC)instacron:ANCC10.1590/1980-57642018dn12-030014info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessEngelhardt,Eliaszeng2018-10-03T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1980-57642018000300321Revistahttp://www.demneuropsy.com.br/ONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||demneuropsy@uol.com.br1980-57641980-5764opendoar:2018-10-03T00:00Dementia & Neuropsychologia - Associação de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento (ANCC)false |
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Abstract The debates about the mind and its higher functions, and attempts to locate them in the body, have represented a subject of interest of innumerable sages since ancient times. The doubt concerning the part of the body that housed these functions, the heart (cardiocentric doctrine) or the brain (cephalocentric doctrine), drove the search. The Egyptians, millennia ago, held a cardiocentric view. A very long time later, ancient Greek scholars took up the theme anew, but remained undecided between the heart and the brain, a controversy that lasted for centuries. The cephalocentric view prevailed, and a new inquiry ensued about the location of these functions within the brain, the ventricles or the nervous tissue, which also continued for centuries. The latter localization, although initially inaccurate, gained traction. However, it represented only a beginning, as further studies in the centuries that followed revealed more precise definitions and localizations of the higher mental functions. |
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