Activity Quote by Ivan Pavlov

The dog [in Pavlov's experiments] does not continue to salivate whenever it hears a bell unless sometimes at least an edible offering accompanies the…

— Gordon Allport

Cultivation of meditative stability alone, will not destroy the discrimination of inherent existence. Afflictive emotions can return, making all sorts of disturbances

— Gautama Buddha

“The behaviour of the human nervous system in certain altered states creates the illusion of dissociation from one’s body (less commonly understood in hunting…

— James David Lewis-Williams

When conscious activity is wholly concentrated on some one definite purpose, the ultimate result, for most people, is lack of balance accompanied by some…

— Bertrand Russell

Careless indifference and bodily restlessness in meditation cause negative vibrations.

— Paramahansa Yogananda

“So if you cannot concentrate one of the following is the cause: 1. "Deficiency of the motor centers." 2. "An impulsive and emotional mind."…

— Theron Q. Dumont

I think the brain is a dynamic system in which some parts control or suppress other parts. And if perhaps one has damage in…

— Oliver Sacks

When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to…

— George Bernard Shaw

“may have resulted from abnormal wiring in the serotonergic system of his brain. Other”

— Fitzgerald Matt

“Pavlov was fascinated with the “ideas of the opposite”. Call it a cluster of cells, somewhere on the cortex of the brain. Helping to…

— Thomas Pynchon

“Hyperarousal. This may take the form of physical symptoms—increase in heart rate, sweating, difficulty breathing (rapid, shallow, panting, etc.), cold sweats, tingling, and muscular…

— Peter A. Levine

That a strong stimulus to such an afferent nerve, exciting most or all of its fibres, should in regard to a given muscle develop…

— Charles Scott Sherrington