Monday 24 September 2018

   
    What Is Neuroscience?

By: #Joyce Schenkein, PhD in Neuropsychology, Former Neurology Faculty (PhD/MD) at University of #Pittsburgh

Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system. Traditionally, #neuroscience has been seen as a branch of biology. neuroscience - Google Search
In response to the questioner's note I originally added details that weren't saved or something. I've just  been confused because how much of neuroscience overlaps with psychology  and philosophy? 

The natural sciences began as Philos0phy because the research methodology was not developed.  Also, people relied upon the opinions of their predecessors, as opposed to obtaining new knowledge.

Eventually, real data was collected to replace speculations.  So for instance, the question as to whether man is a blank slate (tabula rasa) at birth, has been replaced by longitudinal data showing that children are born with temperaments (in other words, the dials are set at birth) 
So then next  the question becomes,  what can be changed with early intervention.? More research.....No need for Philosophers
Neuroscience had a later debut because nerves are 1.tiny 2, hidden 3.work extremely quickly . 
A high resolution microscope was required to advance "The Neural doctrine", which suggested that nerves are discrete units and not a single strand of spaghetti woven into a huge ball called the brain. 

As technology advances, neuroscience can answer progressively more difficult questions.  Insofar as consciousness has not been explained, #Neuroscientists do experimenters, but Philosophers also go over the data trying to understand what it means.

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