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Contents
World Perspectives What This Series Means
1. Natural Fate Versus Human Control: The Process of Ecological Liberation and Domination 3
Freedom of Choice
Awareness
Responsibility
Accumulation of Power
2. The Imbalance Between Material and Mental Evolution 13
3. Mental Liberation and Domination 17
4. What is the Mind? 23
Mind and Soul
The Brain Defined
The Mind as a Functional Entity
Heterogeneous Qualities of the Mind
5. Extracerebral Elements of the Mind: When and How the Mind Is Formed 36
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6. The Mindless, Newborn Brain 47
7. Sensory Dependence of the Adult Mind 59
8. Working Hypothesis for the Experimental Study of the Mind 67
9. Historical Evolution of Physical Control of the Brain 70
PART III EXPERIMENTAL CONTROL OF BRAIN FUNCTIONS IN BEHAVING SUBJECTS
10. Physicochemical Bases of Behavioral Activity 76
11. Methodology for Direct Communication with the Brain 81
Implantation of Electrodes in Animals
Electrodes in the Human Brain
Two Way Radio Communication with the Brain
12. Electrical Stimulation of the Brain (ESB) 97
Motor Activation in Animals
Motor Effects in Man
14. Hell and Heaven Within the Brain: The Systems for Punishment and Reward 117
Perception of Suffering
Violence Within the Brain
Anxiety, Fear, and Violence Evoked by ESB in Man
Pleasurable Excitation of the Animal Brain
Human Pleasure Evoked by ESB
Friendliness and Increased Conversation under Electrical Control
15. Hallucinations, Recollections, and Illusions in Man 150
16. Inhibitory Effects in Animals and Man 155
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17. Brain Stimulation Triggers Physiological Mechanisms 180
18. Electrical Activation of the "Will" 184
19. Characteristics and Limitations of Brain Control 190
Predictability
Functional Monotony
Skillful Performance
Individual Stability
Technical Complexity
Functions Beyond ESB Control
Diagnosis
Therapy
Circumvention of Damaged Sensory Inputs
Brain Viability
21. Ethical Considerations 207
Clinical Use of New Procedures
Human Experimentation
Electrical Manipulation of the Psyche
23. Neurophysiology and Mental Activity 224
PART V TOWARD A PSYCHOCIVILIZED SOCIETY
24. Social Dependence and Individual Freedom 231
25. Natural Causality and Intelligent Planning 245
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