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Work Environment

Once neuroscientists finish their post doctoral programs, 39% go onto to do more doctoral work, while 36% go into more faculty jobs . We see neuroscientist using a wide range of computer programs and imaging such as magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography angiography, and DTI . Neuroscientists typically enter the realm of research and focus on different illnesses ranging from psychological to biological . These imaging techniques allow the scientists observe physical changes in the brain, as signals occur. Neuroscientists also can be part of several different neuroscience organizations where they can publish, and read different research topics.

Interdisciplinary work

Neuroscience has a unique perspective in that it can be applied in a broad range of disciplines, and thus the fields neuroscientists work in varies. It can span from studying large hemispheres of the brain to neurotransmitters and synapses occurring in neurons at a micro-level. Some fields for example that combine these psychology and neurology are cognitive neuroscience, and behavorial neuroscience. Cognitive neuroscientists study the human consciousness, specifically the brain, and how it can be seen through a lens of biological and chemical processes . Behavorial neuroscience entails the whole nervous system, environment and the brain how these areas show us aspects of motivation, learning, and motor skills along with many others.

Galen

Galen was arguable one of the most influential scientists from the Middle Ages, in regards to anatomy. In terms of neuroscience, Galen found out what the seven cranial nerves functions were in the brain along with giving a foundational understanding of the spinal cord. When it comes to the brain he believed that the sensation was caused in the middle of the brain, anterior brain produced the sensations, while the posterior of the brain produces motor sensation according to Galen. Galen's imparted some ideas on mental health, and what was the root cause of it. He believed that the cause was a back-up black bile, and that epilepsy was caused by phlegm. Galen's observations on neuroscience remained in practice, and was not challenged for many years to come .