Toward a True Understanding of the Nervous System
Authors: G. D. MCCANN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1965)

Special Article1 April 1965Toward a True Understanding of the Nervous SystemG. D. MCCANN, PH.D.G. D. MCCANN, PH.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-62-4-823 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptI am sure that you in the medical world have learned to appreciate the immense complexity of the human nervous system as measured by any set of standards within our present powers of human comprehension. The practicing physician is continually faced with the problem of making accurate diagnoses from information that is clouded by false or poorly understood reactions of the nervous system.In the 2,500 years of man's pursuit of a true philosophical understanding of himself and the world around him, it seems that he has made relatively little progress in understanding his own mind as compared with his...References1. ECCLES JC: The Physiology of Nerve Cells, Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, 1957. Google Scholar2. HODGKIN AL: Ionic movements and electrical activity in giant nerve fibres. Proc. Roy. Soc. [Biol.] 148: 1, 1958. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. HARTLINERATLIFFMILLER HKFWH: Inhibitory interaction in the retina and its significance in vision, in Nervous Inhibition, edited by FLOREY, E., Pergamon Press, New York, 1961, pp. 241-284. Google Scholar4. LETTVINMATURANAMCCULLOCHPITTS JYHRWSWH: What the frog's eye tells the frog's brain, in Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers, Vol. 47, 1940-1959, p. 11. Google Scholar5. HUBEL DH: Integrative processes in central visual pathways of the cat. J. Opt. Soc. Amer. 53: 11, 58, 1963. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. DEVALOIS RL: Color vision mechanics in monkey. J. Gen. Physiol. 63: 115, 1960. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. SPERRY RW: Cerebral organization and behavior. Science 133: 1749, 1961. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. SPERRY RW: The great cerebral commissure. Sci. Amer. 210: 42, 1964. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. STRUMWASSER F: The demonstration and manipulation of a circadian rhythm in a single neuron, in Circadian Clocks. Edited by ASCHOFF, P., North-Holland Publishing Co., Amsterdam, 1965, pp. 44-64. Google Scholar10. BURTTCATTON ETWT: A diffraction theory of insect vision. I. An experimental investigation of visual acuity and image formation in the compound eyes of three species of insects. Proc. Roy. Soc. [Biol.] 157: 53, 1962. Google Scholar11. MCCANNRAY GDCB: Computers and data processing for nervous system research. IEEE Trans. Biomed. Electronics 10: 48, 1963. MedlineGoogle Scholar12. MCCANNMACGINITIE GDGF: Optomotor response studies of insect vision. Proc. Roy. Soc. [Biol.] (In publication.) Google Scholar13. FENDER DH: The eye-movement control system: evolution of a model, in Neural Theory and Modeling, edited by REISS, RICHARD F., Stanford University Press, Stanford, Calif., 1964. Google Scholar14. LEHMANNBEELERFENDER DGWDH: EEG alpha activity during spontaneous fading of stabilized retinal images. Presented at the 18th Annual Meeting of the American Electroencephalographic Society, Santa Fe, N. M., in October, 1964. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Pasadena, CaliforniaFrom the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif.This paper was presented at the Second Fall Meeting of the American College of Physicians, October, 8-10, 1964, in Los Angeles, Calif.Requests for reprints should be addressed to G. D. McCann, Ph.D., Computing Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif. 91109. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 April 1965Volume 62, Issue 4Page: 823-837KeywordsBiologicsFallsInformation technologyNervous systemPerception Issue Published: 1 April 1965 PDF DownloadLoading ...