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    Yusra Altaf is a student pursuing a BS degree. The document discusses several prominent historical figures in neuroscience and psychology, including Franz Joseph Gall who pioneered the study of brain localization of mental functions, Paul Broca who discovered Broca's area which is involved in language, and Hermann Von Helmholtz, a German scientist who made contributions across multiple fields and has an association named after him. It also mentions Gustav Theodore Fechner who is considered the founder of psychophysics and experimental psychology through quantifying psychological phenomena scientifically.

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    Yusra Altaf is a student pursuing a BS degree. The document discusses several prominent historical figures in neuroscience and psychology, including Franz Joseph Gall who pioneered the study of brain localization of mental functions, Paul Broca who discovered Broca's area which is involved in language, and Hermann Von Helmholtz, a German scientist who made contributions across multiple fields and has an association named after him. It also mentions Gustav Theodore Fechner who is considered the founder of psychophysics and experimental psychology through quantifying psychological phenomena scientifically.

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    Yusra Altaf is a student pursuing a BS degree. The document discusses several prominent historical figures in neuroscience and psychology, including Franz Joseph Gall who pioneered the study of brain localization of mental functions, Paul Broca who discovered Broca's area which is involved in language, and Hermann Von Helmholtz, a German scientist who made contributions across multiple fields and has an association named after him. It also mentions Gustav Theodore Fechner who is considered the founder of psychophysics and experimental psychology through quantifying psychological phenomena scientifically.

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    6. Franz Joseph Gall (1758-1828)
    ● Renowned neuroanatomist and
    physiologist.
    ● Pioneer in the study of the localization
    of mental function in the brain.
    ● More positively for introducing the
    concept of cortical localization of
    function.
    7. Paul Broca (1824-1880)
    ● French physician, anatomist and anthropologist.
    ● Best known for his research on Broca’s area.
    ● Broca’s area is involved with language.
    8. Hermann Von Helmholtz (1820-1894)

    ● German mathematician and physician.


    ● Made significant contributions in several scientific
    fields.
    ● The Helmholtz Association, the largest German
    association of research institutions, is named in his
    hanor.
    9. Gustav Theodore Fechner
    ● Considered to be the founder of psychophysics.
    ● Thus experimental psychology as a whole effect.
    ● He demonstrated that psychological phenomenon can
    be quantified and investigated with scientific method.

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