Mind and brain, or The correlations of consciousness and organisation, with their applications to philosophy, zoology, physiology, mental pathology, and the practice of medicine, Vol 1.

The ideo-motor theory, which is currently receiving heightened interest in cognitive psychology, looks back on a long history. Essentially two historical roots can be presented. A British one, initiated by Laycock (1845) and Carpenter (1852), which was developed in order to explain ideo-motor phenomena by means of cerebral reflex actions. A second and older root is the German one by Herbart (1816, 1825), Lotze (1852), and Harless (1861), which considered the ideo-motor principle a fundamental mechanism of all intentional human behaviour. Both roots converged in James' (1890) Principles of Psychology before they fell into oblivion due to the dominance of behaviorism in the first half of the 20th century. The few empirical ideo-motor studies of the early 20th century are briefly described. Finally, similarities and differences in the history of the ideo-motor theory are delineated and a perspective is given covering research questions that could be examined in the future.

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“…This resulted in an ongoing dispute concerning authorship between the two (cf Carpenter, 1871;Laycock, 1860Laycock, , 1876…”

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A short history of ideo-motor action

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2004

Psychological Research

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“…Although psycho-therapeutics bore strong resemblance to spiritual guidance, Tuke also claimed it to have a direct physical effect on the patient, and it was this that led him to extend the remit of psycho-therapeutics to diseases of the body as well as the mind. Here, he was influenced by the physiological psychology of the mid-19 th century, in particular that of Thomas Laycock and William Carpenter, both of whom Tuke cited heavily (Carpenter, 1871; Laycock, 1869). The term physiological psychology encompassed these and other mid-century works that placed an emphasis on brain biology, associating intellect, emotion and – most importantly – the will with reflex action and the unconscious inhibition of nervous impulse (Smith, 1992).…”

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The action of the imagination

Chaney

2017

History of the Human Sciences

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Histories of dynamic psychotherapy in the late 19 th century have focused on practitioners in continental Europe, and interest in psychological therapies within British asylum psychiatry has been largely overlooked. Yet Daniel Hack Tuke (1827-95) is acknowledged as one of the earliest authors to use the term 'psycho-therapeutics', including a chapter on the topic in his 1872 volume, Illustrations of the Influence of the Mind upon the Body in Health and Disease. But what did Tuke mean by this concept, and what impact did his ideas have on the practice of asylum psychiatry? At present, there is little consensus on this topic. Through in-depth examination of what psycho-therapeutics meant to Tuke, this article argues that late-19 th -century asylum psychiatry cannot be easily separated into somatic and psychological strands. Tuke's understanding of psycho-therapeutics was extremely broad, encompassing the entire field of medical practice (not only psychiatry). The universal force that he adopted to explain psychological therapies, 'the Imagination', was purported to show the power of the mind over the body, implying that techniques like hypnotism and suggestion might have an effect on any kind of symptom or illness. Acknowledging this aspect of Tuke's work, I conclude, can help us better understand late-19 th -century psychiatry -and medicine more generally -by acknowledging the lack of distinction between psychological and somatic in 'psychological' therapies.

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“…15 However, he did not exclude the possibility that the cortex may also contain metaphysical agents such as the soul, in addition to sensorimotor physiology. 16 Hughlings Jackson took the final step and declared that the nervous system is exclusively a sensorimotor machine. 17 By banishing all metaphysical content it became possible to create a consistent and predictive science of neurophysiology.…”

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“…Until the mid-19th century, it was generally believed that the human soul resided in the cerebral cortex and was the motive force for voluntary movement. 16 Because of the political and institutional power of this religious doctrine, clinical neurophysiology lagged behind most currently recognized scientific disciplines in expunging the influence of metaphysics. As long as the metaphysical action of the soul was as much a part of the nascent science of neurology as were sensation and movement, the theory of neurology was intrinsically ambiguous.…”

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Scientific Neurology and the History of the Clinical Examination of Selected Motor Cranial Nerves

Steinberg

2002

Semin Neurol

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The content of the neurological examination of the motor cranial nerves is a reflection of the current understanding of the neuroanatomy and clinical neurophysiology of the brain stem. The history of the neuroanatomy of the cranial nerves extends from Galen's investigations c. 200 CE to the determination of the innervations of the facial nerve by Charles Bell in the early 19th century. Scientific clinical neurophysiology first appears in the work of John Hughlings Jackson in the mid- to late 19th century. The modern model of the organization and function of the nervous system results in a clinical examination that can be called neurological. The codification of the technique of the neurological examination of the cranial nerves mirrors the institutional and social history of neurology and is reflected in the changing role of neurology textbooks in the 19th and 20th centuries. The texts develop through stages of classification, pedagogy, reference, and institutionalization and illustrate the development of a specialized medical discipline.

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Mind and brain, or The correlations of consciousness and organisation, with their applications to philosophy, zoology, physiology, mental pathology, and the practice of medicine, Vol 1.

Abstract: Laycock & Winslow on the Mind and Brain.

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A short history of ideo-motor action

A short history of ideo-motor action

The action of the imagination

Scientific Neurology and the History of the Clinical Examination of Selected Motor Cranial Nerves

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