The origin and nature of the emotions; miscellaneous papers . K OJ X o t. o z HX 3 3 .— OO _^ <5 ^ A MECHANISTIC VIEW OF PSYCHOLOGY 143 - 1 •• 9 • %, 4 % ,B- « » •• » 5 J 3 5A - Q o o .3 <v 9 % »?? • # ••V m m m^^^ ••aiMs:-3s • gjg^^g JK • * ???, ? - - /. 9fa 1 ^ i TS^ 3 3o fe. « m K OW O X o 144 THE EMOTIONS battery of the body mechanism, their restoration is essentialfor the maintenance of normal vitality. In ortlinary i:)arlance, by consciousness we mean theacti\-ity <if that part of the brain in which associative memoryresides, but while associative memory is suspended theactiviti
The origin and nature of the emotions; miscellaneous papers . K OJ X o t. o z HX 3 3 .— OO _^ <5 ^ A MECHANISTIC VIEW OF PSYCHOLOGY 143 - 1 •• 9 • %, 4 % ,B- « » •• » 5 J 3 5A - Q o o .3 <v 9 % »?? • # ••V m m m^^^ ••aiMs:-3s • gjg^^g JK • * ???, ? - - /. 9fa 1 ^ i TS^ 3 3o fe. « m K OW O X o 144 THE EMOTIONS battery of the body mechanism, their restoration is essentialfor the maintenance of normal vitality. In ortlinary i:)arlance, by consciousness we mean theacti\-ity <if that part of the brain in which associative memoryresides, but while associative memory is suspended theactivities of the JM-ain as a whole are by no means suspended;the respiratory and circulatory centers are active, as arethose centers which maintain muscular tone. This is shownby the nuiscular response to external stimuli made by thenormal person in sleep; by the occasional activation ofmotor patterns which may break through into consciousnesscausing tlreams; and finally by the resjionses of the motormechanism made to the injuring stimuli of an operation ona patient undei inhalation anesthesia onlj-. Direct jiroof of the mechanistic action of many of lifesphenomena is lacking, ])ut the ])r()of is definite and final ofthe part that the brain-cells play in maintaining conscious-ness;
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