"Central nervous system" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of the knowledge we have gained of the electrical and chemical phenomena of the central nervous system, we must confess that we know little indeed of the inner nature of the psycho-physical processes. What is happening in the brain—especially in the psycho-motor centres—when we move an arm by means of an act of will? What are the forms of nervous energy which are employed? ...
— The Problems of Psychical Research - Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal • Hereward Carrington
... these irritant poisons exert a marked influence on the central nervous system, as ...
— Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology • W. G. Aitchison Robertson
... They give pleasure by their aroma, but they are given a peculiar position among articles of diet by the presence in them of the compound caffein, which is distinctly a drug. It is a stimulant to the heart, the kidneys, and the central nervous system." ...
— How to Use Your Mind • Harry D. Kitson
... is still a matter for dispute, but the evidence which we possess is in favour of the view that we have here to deal with a disturbance of calcium metabolism. The calcium content both of the blood and of the central nervous system has been shown to be much lowered. It is in keeping with this that clinically we note how frequently spasmophilia and rickets occur in the same child. In some families the condition ...
— The Nervous Child • Hector Charles Cameron
... peripheral nervous system as the tactual, it produces the same amplitude and perhaps the same form of wave, but the reaction times for the two stimuli differ because of the biological significance of the stimuli. The chances are that this is wholly dependent upon the central nervous system. ...
— Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 • Various |
