Brain Areas Ablation description by Flourens description to find out what different parts of the brain actually do. Computerised Axel Topography or CAT for short is now used to observe what areas of the brain are being used during certain functions or actions. Holtz-Demonstrated how to measure the speed of neural cells. This system has its limitations in the fact that it cannot be applied to animals or children because they cannot tell or communicate how their mind is working or how they are really feeling. Works on observation and questioning why people do certain things.
Psychoanalysis is nothing to do with psycho therapy.
His main theory was illness is caused by subconscious i.e. neurosis will abate if it can be discharged with no discomfort for the patient. If you accidentally catch your knuckles and take the top layer of skin off you do not feel pain until you see the damage. If you try and take a file and rub it on your knuckles then you find you cannot as you instantly feel the pain during the process. The whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Many scientist expect that a theory only stands if it can be replicated over and over again.