Great Books of the Western World, 51. köideRobert Maynard Hutchins Encyclopædia Britannica, 1952 |
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Page 274
... attention will remain riveted . The relation of attention to will is , then , less one of immediate than of mediate control . These words of Helmholtz are of fundamental importance . And if true of sensorial attention , how much more ...
... attention will remain riveted . The relation of attention to will is , then , less one of immediate than of mediate control . These words of Helmholtz are of fundamental importance . And if true of sensorial attention , how much more ...
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... attention be concentrated upon it long enough , acquire before the mind's eye almost the brilliancy of reality , and ( in the case of certain exceptionally gifted observers ) leave a negative after - image of itself when it passes away ...
... attention be concentrated upon it long enough , acquire before the mind's eye almost the brilliancy of reality , and ( in the case of certain exceptionally gifted observers ) leave a negative after - image of itself when it passes away ...
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... Attention a Resultant or a Force ? When , a few pages back , I symbolized the " ideational preparation " element in attention by a brain - cell played upon from within , I added " by other brain- cells , or by some spiritual force ...
... Attention a Resultant or a Force ? When , a few pages back , I symbolized the " ideational preparation " element in attention by a brain - cell played upon from within , I added " by other brain- cells , or by some spiritual force ...
Contents
THE FUNCTIONS OF THE BRAIN | 8 |
Reflex semireflex and voluntary acts The Frogs nervecentres General | 17 |
ON SOME GENERAL CONDITIONS OF BRAINACTIVITY | 53 |
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