The historical relationship between Psychology and Physiology focused on the physiological bases of behavior and consciousness, investigating the central nervous system and the mind's structures/functions. Studies on nerve impulses and perception (optics and vision) were key, and Wundt adopted physiology's experimental methods, calling it physiological psychology.
La relación histórica entre Psicología y Fisiología se centró en las bases fisiológicas del comportamiento y la conciencia, investigando el sistema nervioso central y las funciones de la mente. Estudios sobre impulsos nerviosos y la percepción (óptica y visión) fueron clave, y Wundt adoptó métodos experimentales de la fisiología, llamándola psicología fisiológica.
| Front | Historic relationship between Psychology and Physiology |
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| Back | o Looking at physiological bases of behavior and consciousness: studies of central nervous system and structures / functions of the mind Link nerve impulses to electricity (Galvani) o Looked at nature of perception: optics & vision, o Wundt borrowed the experimental methods of physiology – he called this physiological psychology |
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