PHYSICAL EXPRESSION. 



CHAPTER V. 



MOVEMENTS AND THE RESULTS OF MOVEMENTS 

 CONSIDERED IN THE ABSTRACT, OR APART FROM 

 WHAT THEY EXPRESS. 



Movements are means of expression Movements classified us 

 reflex, voluntary, spontaneous The attributes of a movement 

 are its quantity, kind, and time Time of a movement most 

 conveniently recorded by the graphic method Frequency and 

 duration, the importance of considerations as to time Two 

 movements, considered in relation to time, may be synchronous : 

 this may depend upon an organic union of the motors, or upon 

 each working in similar rhythm Expression may consist of 

 coincidences or combinations of movements The number of 

 possible combinations of synchronous movements of n subjects 

 is 2n; the number of sequences of such combinations is 

 unlimited Actions described as a series of movements 

 Description of a dog in terms of movement and growth Co- 

 ordinated and inco-ordinated movements Walking described 

 as a series of movements Movements of an aggregation of 

 independent individuals Principles of analysis of movements 

 Description in anatomical terms Contrast of movements of 

 small parts and large parts of the body in their physiological 

 significance Interdifferentiation Collateral differentiation of 

 parts Symmetry of movements, indicating like action on both 

 sides of the brain Asymmetry of movements common in the 

 higher functions Classification of movements : according to 

 anatomical analysis ; according to the physiological principles 

 of analysis given above; as intelligent and non-intelligent ; as 

 synchronous or non-synchronous; as occurring in regular 

 series; as accompanied by feelings, other classifications are 

 suggested Summary. 



MOVEMENT as a metaphysical abstraction we need 



