The Organization of Behavior: A Neuropsychological Theory
Организация поведения: нейропсихологическая теория
1950-07-22
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The author has attempted to combine present day knowledge of physiology and psychology into a comprehensive theory of thought and emotion to explain the nature of consciousness in physicobiologic terms. The theory is based in considerable part on the variable effect and oftentimes apparent lack of effect which major brain operations have on intelligence and behavior. The concept of the author is that any frequently repeated particular stimulation leads to a slow development of a "cell-assembly" in the cortex and diencephalon and perhaps in the basal ganglions of the brain capable of acting briefly as a closed system which can deliver facilitation to other such systems and having, usually, a specific motor facilitation. A series of such events constitutes a "phase sequence" equivalent to thought process. The process described is considered essential to adult waking behavior. An alternate intrinsic organization is believed to occur during sleep and in infancy which
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Cell assemblies can facilitate activation of other assemblies and typically produce specific motor facilitation, providing a neural basis for organized behavior.
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Repeated stimulation is proposed to gradually form cortical, diencephalic, and possibly basal-ganglia “cell assemblies” that function briefly as closed systems.
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Sequences of interacting cell-assembly events, termed “phase sequences,” are proposed to correspond to thought processes and underlie adult waking behavior.
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The abstract proposes that sleep and infancy involve an alternative intrinsic organization of neural activity, distinct from adult waking organization.
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The paper presents a neuropsychological theory linking physiology and psychology to explain thought, emotion, and consciousness in physicobiological terms.
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Brain cell-assemblies and their phase-sequence organization in cortex, diencephalon and basal ganglia
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the neuropsychological organization and physiological mechanisms of thought, emotion, consciousness, and behavior through repeated stimulation and intrinsic brain activity
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