Elements of physiological psychology : a treatise of the activities and nature of the mind, from the physical and experimental points of view / (thoroughly rev. and re-written) by George Trumball Ladd and Robert Sessions Woodworth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ladd, George Trumbull, 1842-1921, author.

Woodworth, Robert Sessions, 1869-1962, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychophysiology.

Medical Subjects:

Psychophysiology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

illustration

Edition:

Revised edition.

Other Title:

PsycBooks.

Place of Publication:

New York : C. Scribner's Sons, 1911.

Summary:

"This book presents a comprehensive summary of physiological psychology, based on scientific observation more so than philosophical analysis. The book attempts to gather within the limits of a single volume the main results of the modern study of psychology from the physiological and experimental points of view. The book is divided into three sections. The first section examines the structure and function of the nervous system. This survey includes the development of the nervous system, neurochemistry, reflex functions, and the cerebral hemispheres. The second section examines the relationship between the nervous system and the mind and mental phenomena. This section includes examinations of sensation and perception, time relations of mental phenomena, feelings and emotions, memory and the process of learning, and thought. The third section, "The Nature of the Mind," discusses general relations of body and mind, dualism, mental unity, and reality"--Publisher. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2005 APA, all rights reserved).

Contents:

The place of the nervous system in the animal kingdom

The development of the nervous system in the individual

Gross structure of the nervous system

Elements of the nervous structure

Chemistry of the nervous system

The nerves as conductors

Reflex functions of the nervous system

End-organs, or receptors, of the nervous system

The cerebral hemispheres and their functions

The cerebral hemispheres and their functions (continued)

Mechanical theory of the nervous system

The quality of sensations

The quality of sensations (continued)

The quantity of sensations

Presentations of sense, or sense-perceptions

Presentations of sense, or sense-perceptions (continued)

Time-relations of mental phenomena

Feeling, emotion, and expressive movements

Memory and the process of learning

The mechanism of thought

General relations of body and mind

Reality and unity of the mind.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2006. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (APA PsycNet, viewed August 31, 2026).

Other Format:

Print version: Ladd, George Trumbull,1842-1921. Elements of physiological psychology.

OCLC:

227018619

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