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Brain and Personality, or the Physical Relations of the Brain to the Mind

Name: Brain and Personality, or the Physical Relations of the Brain to the Mind
Author: William Hanna Thomson

William Hanna Thomson

Read by Availle, Simona Perego, Larry Wilson, Julie Burks, Thoria, Maria Abrenica and Marya James · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Historical Introduction (38:00)
Account of the Physical Basis of the Mind (17:01)
Brain Weight and Mental Faculty (12:31)
Significance of the Brain Being a Double or Pair Organ (17:29)
The Faculty of Speech (34:57)
The Faculty of Speech, Continued (29:34)
Evolution of a Nervous System, Part 1 (24:08)
Evolution of a Nervous System, Part 2 (23:15)
The Brain and Personality, Part 1 (26:23)
The Brain and Personality, Part 2 (25:44)
The Brain and Personality, Part 3 (26:11)
Practical Applications, Part 1 (23:35)
Practical Applications, Part 2 (25:32)
The Significance of Sleep, Part 1 (25:25)
The Significance of Sleep, Part 2 (31:55)