Early Experimentation, Theories, and Applications

This chapter, like the previous chapter, examines historical foundations of contemporary views, showing how our understanding of anatomy, brain function, sensory input evaluation, and higher-order functions have changed over the course of time. Looking at historical material in terms of experiment, theory, and applications further allows us to comprehend current understandings of brain functions, brain injury, sensory modalities, brain plasticity, and the brain/culture exchange. A key variable here is that it was not always understood that the brain constructs our sensory experiences.