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Scientific Inference

Scientific Inference. Empirical method to study the unobservable The neural mechanisms of behavior cannot be directly observed Measure what you can observe Logically inferring the nature of events that cannot be observed. Critical Thinking. Delgado’s charging bull.

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Scientific Inference

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  1. Scientific Inference Empirical method to study the unobservable The neural mechanisms of behavior cannot be directly observed Measure what you can observe Logically inferring the nature of events that cannot be observed

  2. Critical Thinking Delgado’s charging bull Video: http://www.physiology.wisc.edu/yin/public/ 1965 New York Times report: http://www.mesolimbic.com/matador.html

  3. Critical Thinking Delgado’s claim 1965 New York Times report: http://www.mesolimbic.com/matador.html “functions traditionally related to the psyche, such as friendliness, pleasure or verbal expression, can be induced, modified and inhibited by direct electrical stimulation of the brain.”

  4. Morgan’s Canon “An examination of the film record makes it apparent that the charging bull was stopped because as long as the stimulation was on it was forced to turn around in the same direction continuously.” (Valenstein, 1973, p. 98)

  5. I have this chimp, Becky…

  6. Prefrontal lobotomy: leucotome

  7. Critical Thinking Transorbital lobotomy http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5014080 Howard Dully during his transorbital lobotomy, Dec. 16, 1960. Credit: George Washington University Gelman Library Howard Dully holding one of Dr. Walter Freeman's original ice picks, January 2004. Courtesy Sound Portraits, George Washington University Gelman Library 7

  8. Brain Implant Offers Hope for Severely Depressed http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4627438 An X-ray shows two deep brain stimulation electrodes implanted on either side of a patient's brain. Courtesy Dr. Helen Mayberg Wires threaded under the patient's scalp and neck skin are connected to a battery pack implanted below the collarbone. The pack delivers continuous electrical current at programmed settings and can be adjusted externally by placing a controller over it. Henry Ford Health System 8

  9. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?otool=mdtwsnlib PubMed

  10. Cook Library  research port – click “P” in alphabetical list http://researchport.umd.edu/V/3APTGFDBXQGNN14RH3BG2GMTGU997J1HQKIMLPDR8JGXSUQ9PQ-19313?func=find-db-1-title&mode=titles&scan_start=p%3F

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