CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. What We Do with Our Braints i 



II. The Problem of the Cerebral Cortex . . 23 



III. Reflex Action and Conditioned Action . . 38 



IV. The Origins of the Cerebral Cortex ... 68 

 V. Cerebral Cortex and Corpus Striatum . . 92 



VI. Corpus Striatum of Mammals 112 



VII. The Thalamus 128 



VIII. The Cerebral Hemispheres 148 



IX. How Do Rats Learn.? 166 



X. Mechanisms of Learning in the Rat . . . 178 



XL Localization of the Learning Process in the 



Cerebral Cortex of the Rat 193 



XII. The Frontal Lobes 220 



XIII. The Association Centers ....... 234 



XIV. Summary of Cortical Evolution .... 256 

 XV. The Subconscious 268 



XVI. Consciousness as a Vital Function .... 285 



XVII. Vital Reserves 312 



XVIII. The Sources and Ends of Human Effort . . 327 



XIX. Rats and Men .... - 347 



Bibliography 2^6 



Index 379 



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