The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals

The Dawn of Reason; or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals

PAGE Definition of mindThe correlation of physiology, morphology, and psychologyThe presence of nerve-elements in moneraConscious and unconscious mindUnconscious ("vegetative") mind in the jelly-fishAnatomy, physiology, and psychology of the jelly-fishThe origin of conscious mind. 1 The sense of touchThe senses of taste and smellActinophryans having tasteThe sense of sightModification of sight organs by surroundingsSight in ActinophryansBlind fish sensitive to lightBlind spidersBlind manPrimitive eyes in CymothoeIn the jelly-fish, sea-urchin, Alciope, MyrianidaThe sight organs of the snailPower of vision in the snailEyes of crayfishCompound eyesVision in "whirligig beetle"In PeriophthalmusIn OnchidiumIn CalotisOrgans of auditionIn LepidopteraHymenopteraOrthopteraDipteraHemipteraDyticus marginalisCorydalusEars of grasshopper and cricketOf the "red-legged locust"Of fliesOf gnatsAuditory vesicles of horse-flyEars of butterfliesCerambyx beetleLong-horned beetleCicindelidCarabid. 7 DefinitionHow conscious determination is evolved from the sensesThe presence of nerve-tissue in Stentor polymorphusThe properties of nerve-tissueRomanes' experiment with anemoneAction of stimuli on nerve-tissueReflectionOrigin of consciousnessTime element in consciousnessConscious determination in Stentor polymorphusIn ActinophrysIn AmbaIn MedusaIn a water-louseIn a garden snailIn the angle-wormIn oystersIn a ground wasp. 39 Discussed under four heads, viz. Memory of Locality (Surroundings), Memory of Friends (Kin), Memory of Strangers (Other animals not kin), and Memory of Events (Education, Happenings, etc.)Memory of locality in ActinophrysIn the snailIn the antIn sand waspsIn beetlesIn reptilesMemory of FriendsIn antsExperiments with ants, Lasius flavus, Lasius niger, and Myrmica ruginodisMemory of kin in wasps and beesExperimentsMemory of Strangers (Animals other than kin)Recognition of enemiesBy bumblebeesMemory of individuals not enemiesBy the toadBy the spiderBy antsBy snakesBy chameleonsBy birdsBy cattleBy dogsBy monkeysMemory of Events (Education, etc.)In the waspIn fleasIn the toadIn other insects. 60 ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 21608
Author: Weir, James
Release Date: May 25, 2007
Format: eBook
Language: English