Nervous System Gallery

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Rene Descartes diagram of the human brain and eye, 1692

Rene Descartes illustration of the co-ordination of the senses, 1692

Rene Descartes idea of vision, showing the function of the eye, optic nerve and brain

Descartes representation of the antagonistic eye muscles, 1692

Descartes idea of how eye passes impulse to brain and so directs a voluntary movement

Involuntary movement, Descartes idea of how impulses from the limbs reach the brain, 1692

Diagram of Pavlovs findings on conditioned salivary reflex

Thomas Willis, 17th century English physician, 1742. Artist: George Vertue

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Diagram of Pavlovs findings on conditioned salivary reflex

Diagram of Pavlov's findings on conditioned salivary reflex. D: organ of touch and temperature; N: 1-6 analysers; S: salivary gland; Q: saliva secreting centre in the medulla oblongata; M: muscle; R: motor centre in the spinal cord. Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936) was a Russian physiologist who carried out famous research in the 1890s and 1900s into conditioned reflexes in dogs. He found that a dog trained to associate food with the sound of a bell would salivate when the bell sounded even when no food was forthcoming