| Alcmaeon of Croton's Observations on Health, Brain, Mind, and Soul. | |
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PMID: 22947382 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Alcmaeon of Croton (sixth-fifth century BC), a pre-Socratic physician-philosopher, introduced the concept that mind and soul are located in the brain. Alcmaeon made observations about seeing, hearing, tasting, and smelling and distinguished perception from understanding. Alcmaeon contributed two major ideas to natural sciences: (1) the brain is the seat of human intelligence, and (2) physicians should draw conclusions from empirical observations, an idea that implicitly rejects the alternative notion that science should depend on "divine revelation." Two thousand and five-hundred years later, these two insights remain true and guarantee Alcmaeon a place in the history of neuroscience. |
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Gastone G Celesia |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Journal of the history of the neurosciences Volume: 21 ISSN: 1744-5213 ISO Abbreviation: J Hist Neurosci Publication Date: 2012 Oct |
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Created Date: 2012-09-05 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9441330 Medline TA: J Hist Neurosci Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 409-26 Citation Subset: IM; QIS |
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a Loyola University of Chicago Medical Center , Chicago Council on Science and Technology , Chicago , IL , USA. |
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