The education of the central nervous system : a study of foundations, especially of sensory and motor training / by Reuben Post Halleck.

  • Reuben Post Halleck
Date:
1896
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    aids in further modifying and developing the sensory cells; not images of sight alone, but of every sense. Many examples of sensory objects have been taken from literature to indicate the proper direction for training. Theory often fails because objects demanding constant practice are not at hand or suggested. Almost all study English literature, which constantly presents objects requiring sensory interpre- tation for their proper understanding. For this reason, numer- ous examples, especially from Shakspere and Milton, have been quoted to show how the study of literature may be made to react on sensory training. From long personal experience, the author can testify that the majority of pupils can soon be in- duced to seize the first opportunity to obtain definite sensory knowledge of any object mentioned in poetry, whether of a daffodil, of a murmuring pine, or of “ incense-breathing morn.” It is hoped that the chapter on “ How Shakspere’s Senses Were Trained ” may be found practically serviceable in edu- cating the central nervous system of youth. It has been the aim of the author to restrict this work to its own proper field of training and developing the central nervous system, and not to offer these chapters as a substi- tute for the thorough study of psychology. Acknowledgment is made to Professor Donaldson’s ex- cellent work, The Growth of the Brain, — although the follow- ing chapters do not view the subject in as fatalistic an aspect as that work, — and to Dr. August Schachner for much scholarly help in dissections of the central nervous system. R. P. H.
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