单词 | psychon |
释义 | psychonn. Psychology. A hypothetical unit of thought, mental activity, or nervous energy.Variously defined by different writers. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > action of nervous system > [noun] > nerve impulse > unit or part of psychon1920 up-stroke1974 1920 H. L. Eno Activism iv. 45 Since we are already familiar with one form at any rate of this higher activity in the psychic processes, let us call these units ‘psychons’. 1927 P. Bousfield & W. R. Bousfield Mind i. 22 As the basis of the ‘immaterial substance’ we may postulate a second order of ‘ons’ which are, like protons and electrons, fashioned out of the ether. Let us call these ‘ons’ by the name of ‘psychons’. 1931 W. M. Marston et al. Integrative Psychol. xiii. 314 There is no doubt whatsoever that the psychons in the sensory system differ from those in the motor system. 1968 C. L. Burt Psychol. & Psychical Res. 45 As unit I would rather start with the ‘pure ego’, which I envisage as a sort of Leibnizian monad. This, I think, on the plane of natural science we might justifiably treat as an ‘elementary particle’—a ‘psychon’, as I styled it. 1989 J. C. Eccles Evol. of Brain viii. 191 There are 3 dendrons (neural units) each penetrated by a mental unit or psychon. Derivatives psyˈchonic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > action of nervous system > [adjective] > unit of impulse psychonic1928 1928 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 33 680 Psychonic energy arising upon sensory psychons has generally been termed ‘sensation’. 1931 W. M. Marston et al. Integrative Psychol. xiii. 314 We suggest, therefore, that from the point of view of an objective psychology, exterior to its subjects, this psychonic energy is consciousness. 2000 M. Rhodes in R. Reid & S. Traweek Doing Sci. + Culture ii. 101 The psychonic theory of consciousness stems from neurology, sketching out a relation between neurons and consciousness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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