Taylor's Bio-Psychology, Vol. 1: Fifth Lecture

By William Marcus Taylor

Excerpt from Taylor's Bio-Psychology, Vol. 1: Fifth Lecture

The organism became more and more complex until there were many separate reflex arcs of response and many stimuli, all impinging upon the organism at one and the same time and requiring simultaneous divergent and antagonistic responses. Out of this condition, there were developed nerve ganglia as centers of the various reflex arcs, which serve as arbiters, and they determine the final common path of motor reflex action at any mo ment in the interest of the peace, safety and success of the whole mechanism. The repeated response of the reflex arcs to the various demands of procurement, de fense, and procreation, canalized the nerve matter, ih creased its conductivity, lowered the threshold of sensi bility to stimulus ahd facilitated motor response. The summation of these experiences in memory developed physiological, mental and moral efficiency in self-presen vation and progress, and these have been passed on by inheritance to the future generations of the species.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1397281839
• ISBN13: 9781397281838
• Release Date: January 2019
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• Length: 42 Pages
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