In the dog two conditions were found to produce pathological disturbances by functional interference, namely, an unusually acute clashing of the excitatory and inhibitory processes, and the influence of strong and extraordinary stimuli. In man precisely similar conditions constitute the usual causes of nervous and psychic disturbances. Different conditions productive of extreme excitation, such as intense grief or bitter insults, often lead, when the natural reactions are inhibited by the necessary restraint, to profouMore Ivan Pavlov quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Learn the ABC of science before you try to ascend to its summit.More Ivan Pavlov quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Our experiments not only proved the existence of a nervous apparatus in the above-mentioned glands, but also disclosed some facts clearly showing the participation of these nerves in normal activity.More Ivan Pavlov quotes [12/18/2011 04:12:50]

Finally, as the digestive canal is a complex system, a series of separate chemical laboratories, I cut the connections between them in order to investigate the course of phenomena in each particular laboratory; thus I resolved the digestive canal into several separate parts.More Ivan Pavlov quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Possibilities are like the wings of birds; they allow man to soar and to climb to the heavens. And facts are like the atmosphere against which those wings must beat, and without which the soaring bird will surely plummet back to earth.More Ivan Pavlov quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]