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CHAPTER I.

THE SCOPE OF PSYCHOLOGY,

Mental Manifestations depend on Cerebral Conditions, 1.
Pursuit of ends and choice are the marks of Mind's presence, 6.

CHAPTER II.

THE FUNCTIONS OF THE BRAIN, .

Reflex, semi-reflex, and voluntary acts, 12. The Frog's nerve-
centres, 14. General notion of the hemispheres, 20. Their
Education-the Meynert scheme, 24. The phrenological con-
trasted with the physiological conception, 27. The localization
of function in the hemispheres, 30. The motor zone, 31. Motor
Aphasia, 37. The sight-centre, 41. Mental blindness, 48. The
hearing-centre, 52. Sensory Aphasia, 54. Centres for smell and
taste, 57. The touch-centre, 58. Man's Consciousness limited to
the hemispheres, 65. The restitution of function, 67. Final
correction of the Meynert scheme, 72. Conclusions, 78.

CHAPTER III.

ON SOME GENERAL CONDITIONS OF BRAIN-ACTIVITY,

The summation of Stimuli, 82. Reaction-time, 85. Cerebral
blood-supply, 97. Cerebral Thermometry, 99. Phosphorus and
Thought, 101.

HABIT, .

CHAPTER IV.

Due to plasticity of neural matter, 105. Produces ease of
action, 112. Diminishes attention, 115. Concatenated perform-
ances. 116. Ethical implications and pedagogic maxims, 120.

CHAPTER V.

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THE AUTOMATON-THEORY,

The theory described, 128. Reasons for it, 133. Reasons

against it, 138.

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THE PRINCIPLES

OF

PSYCHOLOGY

BY

WILLIAM JAMES

PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY

IN TWO VOLUMES

VOL. I

NEW YORK

HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

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