PsychologyH. Holt, 1892 - 478 páginas |
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... seen , when the occipital lobes , and of things heard , when the upper part of the temporal lobes , share in the excitement . Each region of the cerebral cortex responds to the stimula- tion which its afferent fibres bring to it , in a ...
... seen , when the occipital lobes , and of things heard , when the upper part of the temporal lobes , share in the excitement . Each region of the cerebral cortex responds to the stimula- tion which its afferent fibres bring to it , in a ...
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... seen . The same thing , in the blue light of a clear sky , in the red- dish - yellow light of a candle , in the dark brown light of a polished mahogany table which may reflect its image , is always judged of its own proper color , which ...
... seen . The same thing , in the blue light of a clear sky , in the red- dish - yellow light of a candle , in the dark brown light of a polished mahogany table which may reflect its image , is always judged of its own proper color , which ...
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... seen spread out over the choroid ( which is partly iridescent in the ox tribe ) ; and by turning the cup inside out , and working under water with a camel's - hair brush , the vessels and nerves of the eyeball may be detected . The ...
... seen spread out over the choroid ( which is partly iridescent in the ox tribe ) ; and by turning the cup inside out , and working under water with a camel's - hair brush , the vessels and nerves of the eyeball may be detected . The ...
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... p in Fig . 3 , and thus to reveal the suspensory ligament itself . All these parts can be seen in section in a frozen eye or one hard- ened in alcohol . fact a little camera obscura , the essential part of SIGHT . 29.
... p in Fig . 3 , and thus to reveal the suspensory ligament itself . All these parts can be seen in section in a frozen eye or one hard- ened in alcohol . fact a little camera obscura , the essential part of SIGHT . 29.
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... seen . During the experiment the gaze must be kept fixed on the cross . It is easy to show by measure- ment that this blind spot lies where the optic nerve enters . The Fovea . Outside of the blind spot the sensibility of the retina ...
... seen . During the experiment the gaze must be kept fixed on the cross . It is easy to show by measure- ment that this blind spot lies where the optic nerve enters . The Fovea . Outside of the blind spot the sensibility of the retina ...
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Página 177 - In its widest possible sense, however, a man's Self is the sum total of all that he CAN call his, not only his body and his psychic powers, but his clothes and his house, his wife and children, his ancestors and friends, his reputation and works, his lands and horses, and yacht and bank-account.
Página 179 - Properly speaking, a man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him and carry an image of him in their mind.
Página 150 - ... Jefferson's play, excuses himself for every fresh dereliction by saying, 'I won't count this time!' Well! he may not count it, and a kind Heaven may not count it; but it is being counted none the less. Down among his...
Página 147 - Seize the very first possible opportunity to act on every resolution you make and on every emotional prompting you may experience in the direction of the habits you aspire to gain. It is not in the moment of their forming, but in the moment of their producing motor effects, that resolves and aspirations communicate the new " set
Página 303 - If any man has the faculty of framing in his mind such an idea of a triangle as is here described, it is in vain to pretend to dispute him out of it, nor would I go about it. All I desire is, that the reader would fully and certainly inform himself whether he has such an idea or no.
Página 148 - ... without prompting to any deed, and so the inertly sentimental condition is kept up. The remedy would be, never to suffer one's self to have an emotion at a concert, without expressing it afterward in some active way.* Let the expression be the least thing in the world— speaking genially to one's aunt, or giving up one's seat in a horse-car, if nothing more heroic offers — but let it not fail to take place.
Página 379 - What kind of an emotion of fear would be left if the feeling neither of quickened heart-beats nor of shallow breathing, neither of trembling lips nor of weakened limbs, neither of gooseflesh nor of visceral stirrings, were present, it is quite impossible for me to think. Can one fancy the state of rage and picture no ebullition in the chest, no flushing of the face, no dilatation of the nostrils, no clenching of the teeth, no impulse to vigorous action, but in their stead limp muscles, calm breathing,...
Página 146 - It is necessary, above all things, in such a situation, never to lose a battle. Every gain on the wrong side undoes the effect of many conquests on the right. The essential precaution, therefore, is so to regulate the two opposing powers that the one may have a series of uninterrupted successes, until repetition has fortified it to such a degree as to enable it to cope with the opposition, under any circumstances. This is the theoretically best career of mental progress.
Página 440 - If a bottle of brandy stood at one hand, and the pit of hell yawned at the other, and I were convinced that I would be pushed in as sure as I took one glass, I could not refrain.
Página 405 - In all pedagogy the great thing is to strike the iron while hot. and to seize the wave of the pupil's interest in each successive subject before its ebb has come, so that knowledge may be got and a habit of skill acquired — a headway of interest. in short, secured, on which afterward the individual may float. There is a happy moment for fixing skill in drawing, for making boys collectors in natural history, and presently dissectors and botanists ; then for initiating them into the harmonies of...