The Living Brain
The Living Brain
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DOI：
10.1001/archneurpsyc.1953.02320350138018
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1954
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R. Tredgold
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作者：
R. Tredgold
在这里简短地通知一下，是不是可以做些什么？正义的正义，这本了不起的书。当然，它的作者的名字足以表明它涉及脑电描记术，但任何人都不应该认为这就是它的全部功能。沃尔特博士讨论了这种新技术在学习过程中所提供的信息，并在他的短语“人格暗示”中。“当然，这是一个漫长的跋涉，从观点来看，仍然太普遍了，E. E.G.可以用来检测癫痫患者和一些精神病患者。大脑的整个机制已经开放给新的研究;第一批成果正在这里展示。作者的风格是值得他的主题;它总是明确和保证;但它也用许多漂亮的短语或典故来解释或强调，但从不扭曲，他的科学陈述;甚至打油诗也有其澄清的地方。许多人会发现他的最后一章最刺激的所有：“明天的痛苦。“我们惊恐地看到生活节奏的加快，
It is not possible in the space of a brief notice here to do any s?rt of justice to this remarkable book. Its author's name is, of course, enough to indicate that it deals with electroencephalography, but no one should suppose that this is all it does. Dr. Walter discusses the information this new technique has made available on the process of learning, and in his phrase on "intimations of personality." This is, of course, a long trek from the view, still all too common, that E.E.G. can be used to detect epileptics and a few psychopaths. The whole mechanism of the brain has been opened to fresh study; and the first fruits are being presented here. The author's style is worthy of his subject; it is always clear and assured; but it also scintillates with many a beautifully turned phrase, or allusion, which explain or underline, but never distort, his scientific statements; even doggerel has its place in clarification. Many will find his last chapter most stimulating of all : "The prain tomorrow." We see to our horror the pace of life increasing,