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Psychology Terms – Ablation Experiment
A fundamental study methodology in physiological psychology, particularly prevalent in the first three-quarters of the 20th century, involves ablation to ascertain the activities of a specific nervous system region by analyzing the behavioral consequences of its surgical excision. It was initiated in 1824 by the French scientist Marie Jean Pierre Flourens (1794–1867) and is referred to as a lesion experiment
A fundamental study methodology in physiological psychology, particularly prevalent in the first three-quarters of the 20th century, involves ablation to ascertain the activities of a specific nervous system region by analyzing the behavioral consequences of its surgical excision. It was initiated in 1824 by the French scientist Marie Jean Pierre Flourens (1794–1867) and is referred to as a lesion experiment
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