The Whence and the Whither of Man: A Brief History of His Origin and Development Through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895W. Blackwood and Sons, 1896 - 312 pagine |
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Pagina vi
... Reflex action , unconscious and comparatively mechanical . -Instinctive action : The actor is conscious , but guided by heredity . - In- telligent action . — The actor is conscious , guided by intelligence resulting from experience or ...
... Reflex action , unconscious and comparatively mechanical . -Instinctive action : The actor is conscious , but guided by heredity . - In- telligent action . — The actor is conscious , guided by intelligence resulting from experience or ...
Pagina 64
... reflex influence of the eye on the brain was Hitherto with feeble the greatest advantage of all . muscles and sense - organs it has hardly paid the animal to devote more material to building a larger brain . 64 THE WHENCE AND THE ...
... reflex influence of the eye on the brain was Hitherto with feeble the greatest advantage of all . muscles and sense - organs it has hardly paid the animal to devote more material to building a larger brain . 64 THE WHENCE AND THE ...
Pagina 75
... reflex action of the muscles of the body . But the development of these distinct portions and the division of labor between them must have been a long and gradual process . We have every reason to believe that here , as in in- sects ...
... reflex action of the muscles of the body . But the development of these distinct portions and the division of labor between them must have been a long and gradual process . We have every reason to believe that here , as in in- sects ...
Pagina 93
... reflex influence in de- veloping the brain has been enormous . The arm is shorter and the hand smaller . The brain is absolute- ly and relatively large , and its surface greatly convo- luted . This gives place for a large amount of ...
... reflex influence in de- veloping the brain has been enormous . The arm is shorter and the hand smaller . The brain is absolute- ly and relatively large , and its surface greatly convo- luted . This gives place for a large amount of ...
Pagina 105
... reflex effect upon the supra- œsophageal ganglion cannot be over - estimated . The animal will very soon begin to think . Between the turbellarian and the annelid many aber- rant lines diverged . Some of these attained a compara- tively ...
... reflex effect upon the supra- œsophageal ganglion cannot be over - estimated . The animal will very soon begin to think . Between the turbellarian and the annelid many aber- rant lines diverged . Some of these attained a compara- tively ...
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