STMCCTl'RE A\D FLXCTIOXS OF THE CEREBRUM 187 



Habit Formation. Just 



peated OTCT and over becomes more firmly fixed in 

 does one leceited only once, there seeming to be 

 the remembering nerve-cell which b 



at each repetition of the stimulus : so every interaction of 



upon the ecus involved, which is deepened by repetition of the 



the strong tendencies of the brain is to arrange its 

 niMii^rMR thus m jjfmips p*jj^ji rtf" to certain definite 

 It is this tendency which fies at the basis of habit 



Habits winch are formed in this way, by repeated 

 of the same fcn* of thought to the ** artiontv, t*^** on ynnrli of 

 the 



of 



of the habitual action. A definite act of inhibition on the part 

 01 other assooatrve nnnotifift is muji'JUiUjjr to prevent t be response. 

 AUa(B5\a^m2ny\nbit-o(lh^^^\bt?^ofibcttttc& 

 Tame in our dauV fives JbrranffP on account of them many thing* 

 that we have to do are more easuy done than they would be if 

 the whole mental process upon which the acts depend had to be 

 gone througfr with at each repetition. 



The tendency to habit formation can be used Very effectively 

 in training the clnU to right actions. It can be used as well in 

 training to right thoughts, since thoughts are associative proc- 



tend to follow the fines laid down by habit 

 Of afl t he powers of the human mind its power to 

 has had as much to do with the progress of the 

 it poanraspx Language, from the 



is simply a special sort of 

 of arbitrarily selected 



of the cUd forming the concept mother. Co- 

 tfae jtnwfiitinn of her roke, appearance, and other 



; the repeated anfitory 



