Muller + Helmholtz

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1801-1858, 1821-1894

historical figures

anatomists + physiologists

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Handbook of Human Physiology (1833-1840)

  • Muller

  • became an internationally recognised source for research in physiology + neuroanatomy


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Law of Specific Nerve energies

  • Muller

  • each sensory neuron conveys a particular type of sensory experience (like nowadays!!!)


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physiology of senses

  • Helmholtz

  • physiology of senses: nerve of conduction, retina + visual pathways, inner ear + audition

  • recognised that hearing/seeing sensory organs are flawed (e.g. fluids in eyes distort shapes)


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colour work

  • proposed Trichromatic Theory

  • vs Opponent Processes (Hering)


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pitch work

  • Place Theory of Hearing

  • vs Frequency Theory (Rutherford)


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background

tutor of Wilhelm Wundt

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claims

claimed raw info only means something when we make unconscious inferences from experience (e.g. judging distance)