INTRODUCTION

1．THE PROBLEM OF PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

2．SURVEY OF THE SUBJECT

3．PREPSYCHOLOGICAL CONCEPTS

PART Ⅰ THE BODILY SUBSTRATE OF THE MENTAL LIFE

CHAPTER THE ORGANIC EVOLUTION OF MENTAL FUNCTION

1．THE CRITERIA OF MIND AND THE RANGE OF THE MENTAL LIFE

2．THE DIFFERENTIATION OF MENTAL FUNCTIONS AND OF THEIR PHYSICAL SUBSTRATE

CHAPTER Ⅱ STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

1．MORPHOLOGICAL ELEMENTS

a．The Nerve Cells

b．The Nerve Fibres

c．Peripheral Nerve Terminations

d．The Neurone Theory

2．CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS

CHAPTER Ⅲ PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANICS OF NERVE SUBSTANCE

1．GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND PROBLEMS OF A MECHANICS OF INNERVATION

a．Methods Of a Mechanics of Innervation

b．The Principle of the Conservation of Work

c．Application of the Principle of the Conservation of Work to the Vital Processes and the Nervous System

2．THE COURSE OF THE PROCESSES OF STIMULATION IN THE NERVE FIBRE

a．Course of the Muscular Contraction following Stimulation of the Motor Nerve

b．Excitatory and Inhibitory Processes in Nerve Stimulation

c．After-effects of Stimulation:Practice and Fatigue

d．Stimulation of Nerve by the Galvanic Current

3．THEORY OF NERVOUS EXCITATION

4．INFLUENCE OF THE CENTRAL PARTS UPON THE PROCESSES OF EXCITATION

a．Course of the Reflex Excitation

b．Enhancement of Reflex Excitability

c．Inhibitions of Reflexes by Interference of Stimuli

d．Chronic Effects of Excitation and Inhibition:Positive and Negative Tonus

5．THEORY OF CENTRAL INNERVATION

a．General Theory of the Molecular Processes in the Nerve Cell

b．Relation of Nervous to Psychical Processes

CHAPTER Ⅳ MORPHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CENTRAL ORGANS

1．GENERAL SURVEY

a．Object of the Following Exposition

b．The Neural Tube and the Three Main Divisions of the Brain

c．The Brain Ventricles and the Differentiation of the Parts of the Brain

2．THE MYEL IN THE HIGHER VERTEBRATES

3．THE OBLONGATA

4．THE CEREBELLUM

5．THE MESENCEPHALON

6．THE DIENCEPHALON

7．THE PROSENCEPHALON

a．The Brain Cavities and the Surrounding Parts

b．Fornix and Commissural System

c．The Development of the Outward Conformation of the Brain

CHAPTER Ⅴ COURSE OF THE PATHS OF NERVOUS CONDUCTION

1．GENERAL CONDITIONS OF CONDUCTION

2．METHODS OF INVESTIGATING THE CONDUCTION PATHS

3．CONDUCTION IN THE NERVES AND IN THE MYEL

a．Origin and Distribution of the Nerves

b．Physiology of the Conduction-Paths of the Myel

c．Anatomical Results

4．PATHS OF CONDUCTION IN OBLONGATA AND CEREBELLUM

a．General characteristics of these Paths

b．Continuations of the Motor and Sensory Paths

c．The Regions of Origin of the Cranial Nerves and the Nidi of Cinerea in the Oblongata

d．Paths of Conduction in Pons and Cerebellum

5．CEREBRAL GANGLIA AND CONDUCTION PATHS OF THE HIGHER SENSORY NERVES

a．The Cerebral Ganglia

b．Conduction Paths of the Nerves of Taste and Smell

c．Conduction Patks of the Acoustic Nerve

d．Conduction Paths of the Optic Nerve

6．PATHS OF MOTOR AND SENSORY CONDUCTION TO THE CEREBRAL CORTEX

a．General Methods for the Demonstration of the Cortical Centres

b．Motor and Sensory Cortical Centres in the Brain of the Dog

c．Motor and Sensory Cortical Areas in the Monkey

d．Motor and Sensory Cortical Centres in Man

7．ASSOCIATION SYSTEMS OF THE CEREBRAL CORTEX

8．STRUCTURE OF THE CEREBRAL CORTEX

9．GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE PROCESSES OF CENTRAL CONDUCTION

a．The Principle of Manifold Representation

b．The Principle of the Ascending Complication of Conduction Paths

c．The Principle of the Differentiation of Directions of Conduction

d．The Principle of the Central Colligation of Remote Functional Areas:Theory of Decussations

CHAPTER Ⅵ PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTION OF THE CENTRAL PARTS

1．METHODS OF FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS

2．REFLEX FUNCTIONS

a．Spinal Reflexes

b．Metencephalic and Mesencephalic Reflexes

c．Purposiveness of the Reflexes.Extent of Reflex Phenomena

3．AUTOMATIC EXCITATIONS

a．Automatic Excitations in Myel and Oblongata

b．Automatic Excitations in the Brain Cortex

4．FUNCTIONS OF THE MESENCEPHALON AND DIENCEPHALON

a．Functions of the Mesencephalon and Diencephalon in the Lower Vertebrates

b．Functions of the Mesencephalon and Diencephalon in Man

c．Striatum and Lenticula

5．FUNCTIONS OF THE CEREBELLUM

6．FUNCTIONS OF THE CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES

a．Phenomena of Abrogation after Partial Destruction of the Prosen-cephalon

b．Phenomena of Abrogation after Total Loss of the Cerebral Hemispheres

c．Results from Comparative Anatomy and Anthropology

The Hypotheses of Localisation and their Opponents;the Old and the New Pbrenologies

7．ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE PSYCHOPHYSICAL ANALYSIS OF COMPLEX CEREBRAL FUNCTIONS

a．The Visual Centres

b．The Speech Centres

c．The Apperception Centre

8．GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE CENTRAL FUNCTIONS

a．The Principle of Connexion of Elements

b．The Principle of Original Indifference of Functions

c．The Principle of Practice and Adaptation

d．The Principle of Vicarious Function

s．The Principle of Relative Localisation

INDEX OF SUBJECTS

INDEX OF NAMES