Early Methods of Studying the Brain (Intro Psych Tutorial #30)

In this video I discuss early approaches to studying the brain by looking at cases of brain damage and attempting to connect areas of damage to deficits or changes in behavior. The case of Phineas Gage is considered, as well as Paul Broca's work studying brain damage associated with speech production problems such as aphasia.

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