Mind, Brain, Body, and Behavior

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Wilder Penfield, M.D. (left) and Maitland Baldwin, M.D.

Courtesy of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

and physiological anatomical relations; 2) hypophysectomies; 3) function­

al anatomy and pathology of the human and visual system, especially

the effect of temporal lobectomy on the visual field; 4) altered physiol­

ogy and treatment of involuntary movements; and 5) electrical stimu­

lation of frontal, temporal, occipital, and parietal cortices.^3

The branch would come to consist of six more sections by the end of

the decade. In 1953 the Section on Clinical Psychology was established,

with psychologist Laurence L. Frost at its head. Frost observed patients

with temporal lobe seizures in an attempt to determine the effect of seiz­

ures on memory, attention, concentration, perceptual behavior, attitude,

language, and speech. He also studied the effects of anti-epileptic agents

on intelligence. When Frost left the NINDB in 1958 to accept the posi­

tion of psychologist to the Washington, D.C., Juvenile Court, he was