The early Greeks thought the brain was the home of your soul, rather than your intellect. There was another human organ that they believed housed our THOUGHTS "wink"...what organ was it?
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2006-12-09 11:27:21 · 4 answers · asked by Haveagoodday! 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
The liver-however, many did not even think the brain housed the soul, but that the heart did- the prevailing opinion among the medical community, such as it was, was the the brain functioned to cool the blood
2006-12-09 11:34:25 · answer #1 · answered by NeuroProf 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
it is usually taught as the heart and thorax.
but really there were two camps: the cardiocentrists and the cognitists - who believed that the nervous system must play some role. (that split started in about 300 bc)
2006-12-09 11:35:43 · answer #2 · answered by mikesheppard 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think I heard they thought thought happened in the liver.
2006-12-09 11:28:56 · answer #3 · answered by jxt299 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Was it between their legs?
Or is that just an old wives tale among women?
2006-12-09 11:37:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋