...one hand, and through tho sensory nerve-roots, on the other ; and it is to the infinitely attenuated currents that pour in through these latter channels...other nervous event — the habit of snuffling, for «xample, or of putting one's hands into one's pockets, or of biting one's nails — is, mechanically,...

...the infinitely attenuated currents that pour in through these latter channels that theihemispherical cortex shows itself to be so peculiarly susceptible....every other nervous event — the habit of snuffling, example, or of putting one's hands into pockets, ; or of Ibifihg one's nails — is, mechanically,...

...on the one hand, and the sensory nerve-roots, on the other; and it is to the infinitely attenuated currents that pour in through these latter channels...of course, a simple habit, like every other nervous event—the habit of snuffling, for example, or of putting one's hands into one's pockets, or of biting...

...they take. The only thing they can do, in short, is to deepen old paths or to make new ones; ancfthe whole plasticity of the brain sums itself up in two...extreme facility paths which do not easily disappear, j For, of course, a simple habit, like every other nervous event — the habit of snuffling, for example,...

...stimuli, there is also reaction from the centres towards the outer world. These "currents in getting out leave their traces in the paths which they take. The...extreme facility paths which do not easily disappear" (James). There is implied in all this the property of plasticity in nervous substance on account of...

...which they take. The only thing they; can do, in short, is to deepen old paths or to make new ones; the whole plasticity of the brain sums itself up in...extreme facility paths which do not easily disappear." Now it is just at this point of finding the proper channels of discharge that we have shown the intellectual...

...one hand, and through the sensory nerve-roots, on the other, and it is to the infinitely attenuated currents that pour in through these latter channels...paths which do not easily disappear. For, of course, simple habit, like every other nervous event — the habit of snuffling, for example, or of putting...

...sensoryjnerve-roots, on the otherj and it is to the infinitely attenuated currents that pour in through these latter 9 channels that the hemispherical cortex shows itself...paths which do not easily disappear. For, of course, simple habit, like every other nervous event — the habit of snuffling, for example, or of putting...

...find a way out. In getting out they leave their traces in the paths which they take. The only tiiing they can do, in short, is to deepen old paths or to...paths which do not easily disappear. For, of course, simple habit, like every other nervous event — the habit of snuffling, for example, or of putting...

...of the brain sums itself up in two words when we call it an organ in which currents pouring into it from the sense-organs make with extreme facility paths which do not easily disappear. . . . "Habit simplifies our movements, makes them accurate, and diminishes fatigue. Man is born with...