Common Principles in Psychology and Physiology (Paperback)

Preface; Part I. Psychological Patterns: 1. Introduction; 2. Definitions of 'images'; 3. 'Patterns'; 4. The construction of primitive mental patterns; 5. The primary function of consciousness; 6. The evolution of intelligence; 7. Appetite and interest; 8. Attention; 9. Perception; 10. Meaning; 11. Recognition; 12. Voluntary recall; 13. Laws of patterns as deduced from psychology; Part II. Physiological Patterns: 14. The basic functions of the nervous system; 15. Imaginal processes in nervous functions; 16. Mechanistic explanations; 17. Anatomical designs; 18. Spinal shock; 19. Inhibition; 20. The effects of strychnine on the central nervous system; 21. Biological patterns: preformism and epigenesis; 22. Biological patterns: the evolution of specialized tissue; 23. Growth patterns; 24. Biological patterns. Imaginal processes; 25. The development of the nervous system; 26. Summary of physiological patterns; 27. Concluding remarks; Index.