Animal IntelligenceD. Appleton, 1892 - 520 pagini |
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Pagina 4
... result or correlative of a chain of physical sequences due to a physical stimulation , it is enough to point to the ... results of its own individual experience ? If it does so , the fact cannot be due merely to reflex action in the ...
... result or correlative of a chain of physical sequences due to a physical stimulation , it is enough to point to the ... results of its own individual experience ? If it does so , the fact cannot be due merely to reflex action in the ...
Pagina 13
... result of experience ; at first , therefore , the action of closing the eyelids in order to protect the eyes may be said to be instinctive , in that it involves the mind - element : ' yet it afterwards becomes a reflex which asserts ...
... result of experience ; at first , therefore , the action of closing the eyelids in order to protect the eyes may be said to be instinctive , in that it involves the mind - element : ' yet it afterwards becomes a reflex which asserts ...
Pagina 14
... result of its perceptions , I think it sounds less unusual to speak of the oyster as dis- playing intelligence than as displaying reason . On this account I shall use the former term to signify the lower degrees of the ratiocinative ...
... result of its perceptions , I think it sounds less unusual to speak of the oyster as dis- playing intelligence than as displaying reason . On this account I shall use the former term to signify the lower degrees of the ratiocinative ...
Pagina 23
... result of natural selection . Some species of medusæ notably Sarsia - seek the light , crowding into the path of a beam , and following it actively if moved . They derive advantage from so doing , because certain small crustacea on ...
... result of natural selection . Some species of medusæ notably Sarsia - seek the light , crowding into the path of a beam , and following it actively if moved . They derive advantage from so doing , because certain small crustacea on ...
Pagina 27
... result of its successful exploration , for both then started along the same track , and disappeared over the wall.1 In this case the fact must be accepted , seeing that it stands on the authority of an accurate observer , and is of so ...
... result of its successful exploration , for both then started along the same track , and disappeared over the wall.1 In this case the fact must be accepted , seeing that it stands on the authority of an accurate observer , and is of so ...
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Pagina 140 - ... the wonderfully diversified instincts, mental powers, and affections of ants are notorious, yet their cerebral ganglia are not so large as the quarter of a small pin's head. Under this point of view, the brain of an ant is one of the most marvellous atoms of matter in the world, perhaps more so than the brain of a man.
Pagina 360 - ... repast. I had not long habituated him to this taste of liberty, before he began to be impatient for the return of the time when he might enjoy it. He would invite me to the garden by drumming upon my knee, and by a look of such expression, as it was not possible to misinterpret. If this rhetoric did not immediately succeed, he would take the skirt of my coat between his teeth, and pull it with all his force.
Pagina i - Heredity." $1.50. 42. ANTS, BEES, AND WASPS. A Record of Observations of the Habits of the Social Hymenoptera. By Sir JOHN LUBBOCK, Bart., FRS, DCL, LL.
Pagina 171 - Maclaurin, by a fluxionary calculation, which is to be found in the Transactions of the Royal Society of London. He has determined precisely the angle required ; and he found, by the most exact mensuration the subject could admit, that it is the very angle in which the three planes in the bottom of the cell of a honeycomb do actually meet.