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... Visible movement . Explana- tion of diagram . Nerve - centres stimulated by sight and sound . Nerve- centres at work . Want of stimulation . Supply of food material . Amount of brain power . Spontaneous action of nerve - centres . A ...
... Visible movement . Explana- tion of diagram . Nerve - centres stimulated by sight and sound . Nerve- centres at work . Want of stimulation . Supply of food material . Amount of brain power . Spontaneous action of nerve - centres . A ...
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... Visible signs of mental states . All mental action expressed by movement . Mental state regulated by action . Classes of movements . Uniform series of acts . Walking . " Conscious impressions . " " Automatic action . " Uniform action ...
... Visible signs of mental states . All mental action expressed by movement . Mental state regulated by action . Classes of movements . Uniform series of acts . Walking . " Conscious impressions . " " Automatic action . " Uniform action ...
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... Visible indications of development ; nerve - balance ; nutrition ; mental signs . General analysis of 5,344 children in schools . Nerve - cases ; nerve weakness , nerve - defect ; their relation to standards , sex , age , nutrition ...
... Visible indications of development ; nerve - balance ; nutrition ; mental signs . General analysis of 5,344 children in schools . Nerve - cases ; nerve weakness , nerve - defect ; their relation to standards , sex , age , nutrition ...
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... visible movement results , the move- ment being stimulated by the force sent from the nerve- cell . The movement seen indicates to us the time and Nerve- muscular quantity of the discharge of force from the nerve - cell ; movement ...
... visible movement results , the move- ment being stimulated by the force sent from the nerve- cell . The movement seen indicates to us the time and Nerve- muscular quantity of the discharge of force from the nerve - cell ; movement ...
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... visible move- ment in the body ; the muscle is the visible index of a nerve - current proceeding from the centre , indicating the time and to some extent the quantity of its action . One set of muscular contractions indicates action in ...
... visible move- ment in the body ; the muscle is the visible index of a nerve - current proceeding from the centre , indicating the time and to some extent the quantity of its action . One set of muscular contractions indicates action in ...
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