The Mind and Its Education - George Herbert Betts

4. GROSS STRUCTURE OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM Divisions of the Nervous System.—The nervous system may be considered in two ...

FIG. 8.—View of the under side of the brain. B, basis of the crura; P, pons; Mo, medulla oblongata; Ce, cere ...

FIG. 9.—Diagrammatic side view of brain, showing cerebellum (CB) and medulla oblongata (MO). F' F'' F''' ar ...

FIG. 10.—Different aspects of sections of the spinal cord and of the roots of the spinal nerves from the c ...

FIG. 11.—The projection fibers of the brain. I-IX, the first nine pairs of cranial nerves. It will help ...

FIG. 12.—Schematic diagram showing association fibers connecting cortical centers with each other.—After JAMES ...

performing all of these functions. But in the higher forms each organ not only has its own specific work, but ...

here are received stimuli from the different senses, and here sensations are experienced. ...

Let us next inquire how this mechanism of the nervous system is acted upon in such a way as to give u ...

FIG. 14.—The prism's analysis of a bundle of light rays. On the right are shown the relation of vibration ...

Dependence of the Mind on the Senses.—Only as the senses bring in the material, has the mind any ...

CHAPTER IV MENTAL DEVELOPMENT AND MOTOR TRAINING Education was long looked upon as affecting the mind only; ...

advantage, the utilizing of which may make him a genius and the neglecting of which will certainly leave h ...

centers which have to do with clasping than of those concerned in standing. Likewise the child's first ...

FIG. 15.—Schematic transverse section of the human brain showing the projection of the motor fibers, their crossi ...

with the defective sense organs were also particularly thin. The cause of this thinness was found to ...

undeveloped by use. No wonder that our processes of learning physical adjustment and control are slow, fo ...

FIG. 16.—Diagram illustrating the paths of association. If, however, instead of avoiding the puddle un ...

finally, (8) the report back that the act has been performed. With this in mind it fairly bewilders o ...

the larger and more general movements of the body ripen first, and those governing the fine ...