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16. Conduction and Coordination — Nervous System 



Adrian, E. D.: Tlie Physical Buckf^roiiiul of Perception. Oxford, England, The Claren- 

 don Press, 1947- A small book of lectures delivered at Magdalen College, Oxford 

 University, by a master of the English language as well as of his subject. They were 

 deemed appropriate for English University students. Among the titles are: The 

 Brain and the Mind, Motor and Sensory Areas of the Brain, Sight and Hearing; 

 The Electrical Activity of the Brain. 



Best, C. H., and N. B. Taylor: The Living Body. A Text in Human Physiology, 3rd ed. 

 New York, Henry Holt & Co., 1952. See the following chapters: The Physiology 

 of Nerve and Muscle, The Central Nervous System, and The Special Senses. 



Cobb, Stanley: Foundations of Neuropsychiatry, 5th ed. Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins 

 Co., 1952. 



Dennis, W., ed.: Readings in the History of Psychology. New York, Appleton-Century- 

 Crofts, 1948, 



Fulton, J. P.: The Physiology of the Nervous System, 3rd ed. London, Oxford Uni- 

 versity Press, 1949. A comprehensive advanced treatment on the functions of the 

 nervous system. 



Garrett, H. E.: Great Experiments in Psychology, 3rd ed. New York, Appleton- 

 Century-Crofts, 1951. 



Sherrington, C. S.: Integrative Action of the Nervous System. New Haven, Yale 

 University Press, 1948. 



BoDiAN, D.: "The Paralytic Plague," Scientific American, 183:22-26 (1950). The virus 

 that causes the symptoms of poliomyelitis; its location in the brain and spinal cord; 

 its behavior. 



17. Responsiveness — The Sense Organs 



Boring, E. C, H. S. Langfeld, and H. P. Weld, eds.: Foundations of Psychology. 

 New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1948. Topics such as: color vision; hearing; taste 

 and smell; perception of space by ultrasonic cries of bats; comparison of the bats' 

 device with sonar instruments. Interest for general reader. 



Davis, S. S., and H. Davis: Hearing, Its Psychology and Physiology. New York, John 

 Wiley & Sons, 1938. An advanced, comprehensive reference. 



Howell, A. B.: Aquatic Mammals. Their Adaptations to Life in the Water. Springfield, 

 111., Charles C Thomas, Publisher, 1930. See Chapter 4, The Senses. The adjust- 

 ments to water of eyes, ears, and other senses of marine mammals. 



Walls, G. L.: The Vertebrate Eye. Bloomfield Hills, Mich., The Cranbrook Press, 1942. 

 An inclusive reference, especially valuable because of its emphasis on ecology. 



Wigglesworth, V. B.: The Principles of Insect Physiology. New York. E. P. Dutton 

 & Co., Inc., 1939. An unexcelled authority. Discussions of sense organs of insects: 

 Vision, Mechanical and Chemical Senses and Behavior. Many figures and extensive 

 reference lists. 



Griffin. D. R.: "The Navigation of Bats," Scientific American, 183:52-55 (1950). A 

 description of the guidance of bats by the echoes of their own supersonic cries, 

 inaudible to human ears. 



Wald, G.: "Eye and Camera," Scientific American, 183:32-41 (1950). A comparison of 

 the eye and camera, with a discussion of the basic physics and chemistry involved. 

 Excellent. 



18. Reproduction 

 Altenburg, Edgar: Genetics. New York, Henry Holt & Co., Inc., 1948. Reference for 

 special topics, e.g., beginnings of sex, mating types, and reproduction of paramecia. 



Bullough, W.: Vertebrate Sexual Cycles. New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1953. A 

 generalized account with examples from different animals. Interesting, readable, 

 brief. 



Corner, G. W. : The Hormones in Human Reproduction. Princeton, N. J., Princeton 

 University Press, 1942. An excellent presentation, interesting, finely written, schol- 



