Instinct and intelligence / [Nottidge Charles MacNamara].

  • Macnamara, Nottidge Charles, 1832-1918
Date:
1915
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Credit: Instinct and intelligence / [Nottidge Charles MacNamara]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER V. I he Neopallium in Mammalia, extinct and surviving—The Tasmanian Devil—The Duckbill—Release of energy in response to stimuli—-The folds of the Mammalian brain—The functions of the cortex—Cortical areas— Intelligence in dogs—Macaques—Areas of Neopallium— Learning by imitation—Baboons—Limits of intelligent action ......... 125-138 CHAPTER VI. The hereditary qualities of the Neopallium and basal ganglia contrasted—the brain of Tertiary man—The brain of a microcephalous idiot—The arrest of human intel¬ ligence when sense organs are absent—Education through a single sense organ—Association nervous centres—The modus operandi of a sensation—Memory and sensation—Ideas and impressions—The mechanism of reading—Sensory cortical centres .... 139-164 CHAPTER VII. The cerebral cortex and insanity—The inherited instinctive powers of the new-born—Development of cerebral hemi¬ spheres and formation of conceptions of space, etc., due to stimulation from without—The nervous element in reflex action—Acquired reflexes—Their seat in the Neo¬ pallium—Development of this and basal ganglia the physical basis of education—Hereditary development of basal ganglia cells—Emotional expression in children born blind and deaf—Heredity in an Andaman tracker— Hereditary qualities capable of being modified—Train¬ ing of animals—Instinctive qualities to be cultivated or repressed—Instinct usually more to be relied on than intellect—Early training essential—Free play to chil¬ dren’s actions advocated—Training of association areas of the brain—The Montessori system—Misdirected educa¬ tion of to-day—Aim of education—Classification of pupils—Cadet courses with technical training . . 165-202 APPENDIX. The origin of structural variations in living organisms, and their adaptability to the environment .... 203-213