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WHY DID THIS OUTSTANDING MAN · CONFESS TO ACTS AND BELIEFS WHICH WERE SO COMPLETELY ALIEN TO HIS LIFE. WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO HIS COURAGE AND SPIRIT AND CONVICTION. l\lJJAT HAD lvROUGHT THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION IN HIS APPEARANCE SO EVIDENT IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN DURING THE TRIAL. THE ANSWER LIES IN A NE\v TORTURE PERFEDTED BY THE COMr>lUNIST - A TORTURE THAT ATTACKS NOT ONLY A MAN'S body but also the mind and soul. IT IS CALLED BRAIN WASHING A TERH FIRST USED BY THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS ( )? -.. ....... . .... .. ·I BUT A WEAPON DEVELOPED BY THE SOVIET UNION TO CONQUER THE MINDS OF MEN AS WELL AS THEIR BODIES. UNTIL RECENTLY THE FREE lvORLD KNmi LITTLE ABOUT THE COMMUNIST TECHNIQUE FOR ENSLAVING MEN'S MINDS •• BUT AS KNOWLEDGE INCREASED MEN RECOGNIZED THAT THE WEAPON IS A GRAVE THREAT TO THE FREEDOM INDEPENDENCE OF ALL PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. &~D J ALREADY IN THE COMMUNIST CONTROLLED COUNTRIES HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT VICTU1S HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO THE BRAINI-7ASHING PROCESS. AND WHEN COMMUNISH THREATENS A NEW NATIONS THE SHADOiv OF THIS EVIL MENACES NEW MEN. IF MAN' S MIND AND SPIRIT. ARE TO REMAIN FREE IF HE IS 1 TO RESIST THIS CO}lliruNIST TECHNIQUE SUCCESSFULLY HE MUST . . UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF THE THREAT. THIS IS WHAT BRAINWASHING MEANS THIS IS HOW IT BEGAN THIS IS WHAT IT HAS DONE. :· • , wJ·~CY) 1!:\1:.:\\':\~~111~~<; tl1L' rulllllllllli:;t krh;Jiquc.of p::yrbu!o::iC'ally l'un f..r2) di! i11nin;~ nH·n·~ nlilld:-> · ~tarlcd with lilt' i1lt·a;- ;u,c"l I.'Xpt·rinH:nls of a v...r-"' brilktnl I:nl: ('\.'lltury :-:eil'llli:;l n:m.l'd l\":111 ]\·trovirlt l'avlov. . . 'fhis f:tmnus m:an .!:rc\': up in C:~arisl l·~u:-;,;ia durin~~ lllL' yt·ar::; when many. Hus..o.;bn p~·tJjl~t' clrl':lllll'd of politic:d and !'ol'i:d n:forlll. Pavlov !Jl'iic\'L·d the ·key to ~11ci;:l prc,;..:rl·::s l:;y in lhe livid of ~cit·rlCl'. lie felt tilat t;ll:il nnt:;t first )~now t!H·m:-:dH·s --undl·r•::tand tlw forces that make th(·m think and act as they do-··bl·forc lht·y could hope tr, lin! in pt•:tce \rith their fl'llow men. Only when armttl with such :-;elf-knowll'd~.:c would lllt'll be able to build. a heller world in which t!:!! ri~l:t.~ of all II1C:1 w()uld be equally hmw!·cd and_protl'ctcd. In ]fl2~~. with tit..: cu!nmunist:-; aln:·;uly iu JH)\\"(•r in J!us~;ia, l'adiJV s:tid: "Only scil'llce. exact ·~t:iencc about human natun· ibc·lf, ami the mo:;t sincere nppro:~c:h l<' it by the aid of the omnipolt'nl scientific mcLhod, will deliver man from l;i:;
t!:!! ri~l:t.~ of all II1C:1 w()uld be equally hmw!·cd and_protl'ctcd. In ]fl2~~. with tit..: cu!nmunist:-; aln:·;uly iu JH)\\"(•r in J!us~;ia, l'adiJV s:tid: "Only scil'llce. exact ·~t:iencc about human natun· ibc·lf, ami the mo:;t sincere nppro:~c:h l<' it by the aid of the omnipolt'nl scientific mcLhod, will deliver man from l;i:; pre~enl gloom, and will purge him of his contemporary sh:tmc in ihe sphc·re of i:1 V•rln:n~:m rcl:uions:" 'J'!Jc tcJmmuni::b \':lw :-:l:izt-d jiO\';(·r in Hw-;si:1 in ]91.7 fuli:; <lJi!H'f'Ci~tlt:·d the cxpt'riment:-~1 worl: underway in P~wlov's laboratories~ hut for reasons. J other th:m tho5e which moth·ated the humanitarian man oi science. 'l'hc: secret of hGil.• a man's mind operates--what makrs him think and react as he doc·s to the conclitinn:-: of en·ry Jay 1ife~-is a JJrieeie:;s potcnti:-~1 weapon for r.ood or for c\·il. Such knowl(·clgc in the hands of a physieian, a psytholci~~i.'>t, or an educator cnn be \l5l'CI for a good purpo!'('. It can hl'lp in Uw cure of 111~·nt:d iilm•;;~c·.~. and in tlw L'dlll'alioll of Jwople.lo\•:;tnl heltt'r citii:en ship. But the same bwwl('dgc in tlw himds of unprincipled men can be dis mrn. iortNI :liH·l used for inhuma.n purpose•.:;, In the hanus of such the secret of ho\\' a :nan's ·rnind fund itlll,:.; c·au IH.'-USL·d In pl·r\·r:rt-aud cb;t.roy his ithilily to r<.·ason -·to distin.!:ui:-;h hdWC'('I1 !~ood and bad, tr:ulh au"d lit·s; · 'fhc nC:w Sovil't rul<.:rs rcr.!izcd Ycry early lhal the knowk•clgc Pavlov :.;ought fur thP ht'tt!..'!'!!~~~:ll ef n::!:!k::1d rcu!,! a!~o be :1 J>O\rl·:-fu! '.':r~:pn:1 in coHtrullin~: men's mind:-:. To .tht·m, PaYJc,v's theoriL·s and experimental findings ofh'n:d a ~cientifir.: nwlh()d ftlJ' all..ackin~~ apd de.>troyit1g mental and spiritual fr~'rdom- -n.n indi,·idual';; last stronghold nf 1, ·s:~tanl'l' lo any fnrm of lotalil:ariani:.;:n. t:sin~~ Pado\''s metlwds. t.hc·y hnpl·d to mold the l:us."i:tn ciUzen inlll ;m unthinkin~~. totally suh::l·n·il'nt. '':'\t~\\" ::)uvid :\Ian." Accordin~ly, C\'C'JT stPJl po:;!;ibll' was t~d;:l'll to c·m·oura~l' the dewlopm('nt of his worl>. Lenin, the llL'W head of !'t:tt(•, i:;:'ucd a tkl:n'l' ( HJ::!l) ~~l·l~nm•;Jcuci inr, " ... the wry excC'ption~11 SL'i(·ntiJic st'rYicl·:- oi .·\cademician I. P. PaYlov, which haw enormous ~i~:nificancc for lhc workL•r;; of the whole world." '!'he decree proYicbl ~p(>cial iood rations and the "perpetual usc" of an aparlm~nt · lo!' the scit·nti.st; for tlw furni!'hin~ of his "laboratory with th(! maximum con \•cniencrs;" and for immt'dialc t•slauli:-;hment of "the most fa\'orablc conditions •• 3 .. .. , for !;:tfq:u;m!in:~ llll' s~·il'nlifi\: wort <1f ••• Pa\·lov and his ~.:olblHJr:ttor~."
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~p(>cial iood rations and the "perpetual usc" of an aparlm~nt · lo!' the scit·nti.st; for tlw furni!'hin~ of his "laboratory with th(! maximum con \•cniencrs;" and for immt'dialc t•slauli:-;hment of "the most fa\'orablc conditions •• 3 .. .. , for !;:tfq:u;m!in:~ llll' s~·il'nlifi\: wort <1f ••• Pa\·lov and his ~.:olblHJr:ttor~." Dr:~pili: tht• utdilllilL·d linanL'i:d and tnat.c:ri;d aiel plac.l.'d at. hi:~.clispo;;.:tl by Ltnin, =tnd b:,:r ;.:r,·:ttly inl'rt·: .., ,·cl by ~t:din, I'ado\' w~t:) openly lw;;tik to the political <J,,ctritt·:~: of t:Uillltitllli:;m. Silurlly afll'r the l'Ottlllltllli~.l COIIJ' d'dal in Jal'/, J'avlo\·, al ::n·;tl ri,d: lo hi~; own per:-;on:tl saft:ty, sl:tll'd in a pul>lic )C'clurc: "lf thaL which thr· Bui:;hl·vil:,:; are doi"n~~ with l~u~sia i~.; an cxpcrin}e:nl, for ~uch <Ill (.'~:pf·rim(•nt J should n·~.:rl'L giYin:; e\·c·ti a fro~." In 1023, fullowin;~ a trip ~tbroad, he told hi;-; students: ''Nowhere arc people li\'inz undc-r such poor condil ions as in the U.S. S. R, and in no country is frt~cdom cf t:wu;.:ht so n~:~lri~~~ed ~;; in l1us,;ia." In l~l:.~-1, P:i\·lo,· rc5!6r:cd . l1is proic:~sor:;hip ~l the :'\Iilitary-.\ledical.-\cademy in prot(·sl o\·~r a communist cqict bannin~ higher education for childrc·n· of·thc cll:rgy. · }'av]oy \\'<t.:i dedicated to the ~m1e search for truth that inspir~s aJl true scientists. In l !!~9. when St~din reorganized the reno·.\· ned Rus:;ian Academy of StierteP to i ne1ud·~ ;nc·n n•jtc·d ior )oy:l! Ly· to i.he l ~~:.rly· rat h·~~· th:-~.:1 fur scientific ;,L·hic·'.·t:·illl·nt. 1\-:.do·; rL·mar;\C'd: " •.• If '.'."C: ad;nit sudl s~ientis~::; to our A~.:adcmy i l will nol be a sci en lific institution ln1l God know::; what it I will be. The Academy has he:cn reor~anizc>d by pc·opk· who do nol unckr.:>t.:tnd anythin~~ about S(~it·ncc and do not realize what the ..-\cadt•my should stand for." One of l'aduv's nw.:;L di.;tiw~ui:;hcd pupils, .-\r:uh·midan T. . ..\. Orbt'li, wrote in l~l.JO that bis gn•aL ti.'<!tht'r had \·ic·w\.:d the C:O!Il!lllllli:>l <·xpt·rimc-nl ii1 Hm;~;ia with "rc·pc-all•d ~it~ of alarm for thl' fall! of hi:; country, apprehe-nsion for the fading roL:•: as it wer(:', of the Huss!an })l'OI.,Jc, dread oi cultural and political dC'~~cnl·ra~y, and so on." · One \\·ondc·r:> whc>ti:'er 1\n·Juv would not ~gttin ·Jun·c "rcpe<lLl'd fils of n1arm"-not only for hi:> own pi!oplc, LuL for cvc;ry m:in in C\'C'ry country where communism thrc-~t.:ns to seize: power-if he could sec today how his thcoric·s and st:icntific findings have been twisted and used by the conmunists to "hrainw:fsh" those who stand in their way.
~gttin ·Jun·c "rcpe<lLl'd fils of n1arm"-not only for hi:> own pi!oplc, LuL for cvc;ry m:in in C\'C'ry country where communism thrc-~t.:ns to seize: power-if he could sec today how his thcoric·s and st:icntific findings have been twisted and used by the conmunists to "hrainw:fsh" those who stand in their way. ·- Anvonc \'.'ho bs lwl'll to the :.:oo or lo a cin.:u~ or has ~e('ll a· lrair.<:d hc~u· ot moni;ey pL·rform in LIH' strr·l'ls, has ~t~cn cx:ullplc ..; of Paduv'.s fan•ous· .. theory of ''condilionin~( iu action. .. · 'fhr;;c captiH! ani:n::b han· "lcamcd," or in J'a\'lovian lcnns ha\'C been "conditionr:c.l," to Jx•rionh· cc·rtain tricks pn.·\·iously unknown lo them in their natural s!..:tlc :md smToundings. They do these tricks in anticipation of r<'rdvin~~ food. E\·<:ry tinw the tr~incd ~cal balances n ·ball on the tip of his no:;c to thr: sati;:;f;:~tion of hi~ lraincl' and thr..i audience, he i:; rewarded with a fish. Tltus, the p:-omisc ()[food i:; used to train or condition the .animal to react in thc,way lhc traitH'r dc·sires. ·. Man's LPhavior, Pa\·h:,v claimed, can be "conditioned" in the same way. 'fhc basic force:.-. conlrol!in~ the action::: oi men and hi~hrr <tnimal.:; like the do~. l1c said, nrr hun~:t:·, if:ar. sc·x, sun·i\·al (!'c-~i-tkft·n~e), and lhc ur~\.' fvr fn::.:·,:(Ji:l. rfltc·se force~; can Ill~ rl.l!ltroJI •. •d and manipulalcd so a:; to makc:_mcn and anim:d::; bc·han• <mtomatically in ways that ~re norrna!Jy ali<..'n to them. Such Corers J arc manipulate:cl by changes that are made in a map's or animal's environ- ment-that is, in hi~ living conditions. . Pavlov bdiC'\'t'd LhaL ~·\·c·r.nhing a man or ~uiimal doC's-cvery thou6ht that he has or mo\·emc~nt that he nwi;C's-is the re;;ult of some part of his environment or surroundin;;;-; acLin~ upon hi3 brain through· his ncn·ous system. For example, when a man accidcnt~dly touches fire or a hot sto;·e (the fire or stove i:; a part of hi~ environment), he jerks hi::; hand _away almost i.1si~mtly. Aceording to Pa\'lo\·, this is because the heat of the fire or stove ~.!rC'c~ the ncn·e.:; in his hand, which in turn signal ·his brain throu:;h his ce:1tral n0r\'ous f.ystem. His basic impulse toward scif·dcfl.'nsc hi called into · ph~y and his b:-~~:n tr~nsmits !.he im1>:·c•s.:::ion to motor ncrYcs which jc·rk lhe hand away. 'l'hc important. thing hrre, Pavlov !';aid, is th:ll the lire or hot stove and not the man's brain-determined what his reaction would
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his ce:1tral n0r\'ous f.ystem. His basic impulse toward scif·dcfl.'nsc hi called into · ph~y and his b:-~~:n tr~nsmits !.he im1>:·c•s.:::ion to motor ncrYcs which jc·rk lhe hand away. 'l'hc important. thing hrre, Pavlov !';aid, is th:ll the lire or hot stove and not the man's brain-determined what his reaction would be. The brain adcd on1y to rrlay the imprl'sl'i0n or :;ignal, not to iniLbtc or change it in any m1y .. PaYluv ;m1intnincd thal lhis is the primary duty of the brain. ·-------· llc denied th:1t man po~sv::5l'S a "free will," or that he is nbiC! to make indej>cndmt decisions or initiate action:=; on his own. ~11 the thou:"ands of Lhin;.;;.; in a man':; or animal's environment that act tipon him to form his bl'11:n·ior, l'a,·lo\' called "stimuli." Stimuli that arc cotmno:1 lo ~til men, for inst~mce, nr~: sunshine, wjnd, r·ain snow, food, and 1 othc•r human b(:ings. · Man's behavior or reactions to slimuli (like. withdrawing his hand from • 111li''"'·'"J'tiJ•I ':),,, ;,"1 •. .~,., timrul; "" ,,d,,,,,r.1 oucl /:lfl1ltiU /,cin-;.t tit( /tv,, ::.,rid ruutrf:f.. J."ood i!l. used :ts IJ.:lit to tr."tin er ..c onditi•u1" the ht! ht•• o( J:Htn,j• :tuirn.)f~ J:J.:c- !h•..: :. ...., Js :1110\fl". 1'f.c fn"'Ukt"\' ·.,:. h:~~ l~a:ncc.l tu. !ii:; ti••: tl.~:t• ~u"r o! ., bo,; t~ i.:~~ !.;~-. ~ . - I the fire> or hot stoYc in the ca~c cited above), Pa \·Jo\' said, arc actions which he "learns" or "fonns" from birlh on. To lhr.;e lc:arnc:d n.·ac:tiom; or bc:ha\·ior l)avlov gayc the name "conditioned reflexes." But. he said, "\•;c rcco~nizc them in our:;cln•:> and in other prop!c or rinimal:i under such names as ' C( l uc:t l. 1 011, I ,J, l:ti' JI • t $,. • ant I 't r<u0 :!m • :..: ' ..•. , An animal, Pa\'lo\· said, ~an come inlo d!rect conlact wilh his cnvi!;on mcnt only through his senses of sight, hcarin~. touch, smdl, :mel taste-m1d stimuli ran only a('l upon him through thl';;e .:;cnses. Compared \\~ith tile thousands of cn,;ironmrntal fadc)r::; that aiTcct !nan, thrrc are only a limited numbt'r and Yaricty of stimuli tbt act upon animals. · In m:1n's case, ju~t as in the :1nimal's, th;; rral world :1cl.s upon him through his l't·n;;es. Hut in addition, man }J05sr:-scs a unique and pur(·lr humau facility throuzh which the real \rorld also reaches him--th<! facility of spec:ch :md words. 'J'his facility of rmn's. Pavlov
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act upon animals. · In m:1n's case, ju~t as in the :1nimal's, th;; rral world :1cl.s upon him through his l't·n;;es. Hut in addition, man }J05sr:-scs a unique and pur(·lr humau facility throuzh which the real \rorld also reaches him--th<! facility of spec:ch :md words. 'J'his facility of rmn's. Pavlov cbimed, is of lhc utmost importance. 'fhrou~h the medium of ,,·ords, picture.::;, slor.ans. and ~ymhol:::, m:~n rcrein•s ·jmprc>ssions of a real world f:n· g:J·catcr in extent than any with which he could cvrr come into direct physical contact. Yc•t lhc·_i;(• imprc·::: .. ;ions \\·hich are ron vcy(•d to him throu;dl the rn-:dium of SJ>l'l'Ch :111d words ~rc> just as real ns though ht' wcrl' t'xperiC'rwin?, the ;h.'t~ral slinmli. Thus, while t.hc do~ .:r.usl nclually ~;P<.', hear, ~nwll, or taste food in 9rdl·r tc) n'ac·L lo it, man can St.'e the word "food'' in print or hear the word or t'rcn !hiuk ahuul th~ word himsc•lf, nnd hnYc an immediate reaction in the form of suddl·n hmi~l·r and desir~ for, or n!jcrtion of, the par! ieular ft)Od. Wonb nnd ~Jwec:h, P<n'IU\' asscrlt•d, IJiay a dominant n•l<· in ·conditioning man's oeha~·iur. . . irn•l's (r~r and iu•tin,ti~c urr,c Cor ,.,,,.-h·al. like its f-"ar from his junr,lc home. this lcc.Juud is h<"in~; "mndi.tiont"d" ~' (naJ. can l,c: used to ••condition .. its hrh;\\·ior. 1"hc to f't"rlortn" cornplic.>lt"cl ""~- Uc is l.:arninr. ho. . tc.lurulhc uc.··~) is ""'de to pcr!Jrrn tricks by his tr.>incr's whip. wheel in ord<"r to rno~·" the b.>nn<"rs ll(' .:.nd d-n the pule. . I Thr ideas then t hal Pa·,rlov ach·a nct-d arc cs.-;c·plially lhe:-;e: I ! 1. 'J'he Lasic fon.'l'" th:tl mo\·c men and animals ~tre hungt:r, fmr, sex,· I ! I sun·h·al (sdf-dden:;e), ar~d lhc urge for freedom. 1 I 2. Extc·m:-tl condition:-> or "slimuli," aclinr~ upjll tlil'se basic forces through l n man's or an <•ni1nal's nr:n·ou:-> ::;:.·sl<.•m and brain, dcll'rmiue that man's ur ani mal's LL"ha Yir;r. 3. J\Ian difrc·rs fro:H anim~1l:; in lk"tl sperch nnd words also net upon him I · i.o clclrrminc his bcilaviur. Thc::e "l'ymLols" of re:-~lily ~\l'C' far more jmpon.ant . .j in ddC'rmining his heha·:ior than is the rral world itsc!i. .. __ <. A man's or ~in anim~l's "karned'' L~h:wior is calll'c.l in PavJov!an :;j terms "eon eli lioned rdl·.'xt::>." s. During their lifetime, nnimals and especially men form hundr~ds of l such condiLionccl r0B~·xc~:. c;. By co:1trollin;
. .j in ddC'rmining his heha·:ior than is the rral world itsc!i. .. __ <. A man's or ~in anim~l's "karned'' L~h:wior is calll'c.l in PavJov!an :;j terms "eon eli lioned rdl·.'xt::>." s. During their lifetime, nnimals and especially men form hundr~ds of l such condiLionccl r0B~·xc~:. c;. By co:1trollin; a m=tn's or an animal's Cin-ironmcnt, one <:..'111 also co~1tro! and dirL•d what hi::; rcsultin~~ bclm\·ior will be. 7. Ncithl'r men nor a_nimal:; po~srss ;:.ny such thing as a "free will" w:.ich I . !.hey can exert to dirrcl and control their bL'h~t\'ior in any way. I i · Many sci0mists today do not ag-ree \\'ilh or accrpl all of Pa\·lov's ideas of . l1ow n man's mind funclions and how his beh:n-ior is cond!tionC'd and controlli.•d by his surrounding:;. But in the Soviet l!nion and the comrnuni.:;L bloc I I 1 ~-ountric·s, it. is mandatory fo:- ·~cicnti:>t:; to ac:cr}Jl lhc::oc view,:; and to continue P£~vJCv's line C\f expcrinkntai.ion. ~; 'fo the communists, wlw ck·maud tot~l conformity and suhserYience from i their subjll:~ated pC'opks, sdcnlifir proof that 1~1an's bl'h:l\·ior l'an h~ condi I tioned and directed alo111~ prcdett·nniucd lines, would Lc of prituc usefulness. I I t .. I ., I ; I .. • . ~. 0 , TJ c.~·J':."'j·:. '"t~·,rr: .. lf FO,;::, 'T"'J."U· 'li"'r_,... . W. .-]':] ,.~.... '-' '-' . •• "-"--"A. .11.. .t.. "- k -~ · J~ .k. JL J'avJo\' l'XJHTillll'lllcd 011 !Itt• br:tin:~ of Jivin~~ :111illl:tls. 1'-:c\'(•r IJ<:f(n·c had n lcc:hniquc IIL't·ll w-rf~.•et0d that \\'ould ptr:nilman lq peer inside a living brain .. nnd ~~~c what wa~;_; J~·>in:: on, \':ithouL causin;~ m:.tjrw da111agc or lo~;s of life lu the animal. For thi~ remarbble feal alone, in crealinr: a new mclhocl of cxp('rimcnl~llion, Padov has secured for him:;clf a lastin~ J>lacc among the world's {~rca t sci(•n ti:-;l:>. Pavlov cal!ed lti.-; new technique of iun•sti~~:tlion the "conditioned reflex" mel hod. lf the primary job of ·the br01in is to form mechanical-like condi tioned reflexe-s, he rcasonrd, why could not man lc<~rn what the brain is and laow it works .Ly sci..:ntifically studying how a conditioned reflex is formed? For et.hic:-tl, rc:lir~iou='. ~nd political rl!:1son::;. not all people appro;-c of sc:icntif!r: :ttt::-n:pL-; tu !H·nb(! the brain. 'l'hi:; !s bt.·c.:au~(: the brai:1 i3 gener~t!Jy· . co!lsiclcrc·d to IJt: the ~ile of ail "psychic acth·ity" in humans and animals what men of difl'c:·enl culture;:; c<tll the soul,
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conditioned reflex is formed? For et.hic:-tl, rc:lir~iou='. ~nd political rl!:1son::;. not all people appro;-c of sc:icntif!r: :ttt::-n:pL-; tu !H·nb(! the brain. 'l'hi:; !s bt.·c.:au~(: the brai:1 i3 gener~t!Jy· . co!lsiclcrc·d to IJt: the ~ile of ail "psychic acth·ity" in humans and animals what men of difl'c:·enl culture;:; c<tll the soul, spirit, consciousnc:ss, mind, intellect, I or though l procc-s;:;. · P:.tvlo\' vehemently denied that he had ai1y intention of tryin~ to investi ~~atc this "p~;yehic acli\·ii.y." The qucslicn slilt rl·mains, ho\\'C\·cr, whether ~my scientific E;Ludy of the brain doc:; not nc·ce.s.s~ri.ly invol\'c prying- into thc·.se same unkno\•;n force·:>. This is lhe \·cry ~t;;pcct of "Pa\·lo\·'s ·work lh~t" has been of most inlc·rcst to t!1c rulc·rs of the So\·ict Fn:or, in their search i0r a quick means of crC'ating a r..:>g!ment..::d human society. Pm·Joy Lr~an his inrcstigation of how the brain woi~ks and ho\,-. behavior uy is formed sluclyinz the do6. The do~ \\·as cspc·c.ially suited to his purposes because structurally ~u:·:l functionally, it is rclati\'cly similar to man. Con ceivably, wh;tt. hdd tnw for the dog: mi;.ht nl.so ~p:jl:: to m«il. ~- On rach do;.~ that. he w;ed in hi:-; expc•rimc·nls PaYIO\' first pcrforn1rd a simple surgical OJWralion. · The end of lhe sali\·ary gland dueL (lhrou6h which s..·lliYa flo\,·s inlo ll~c moulh lo aid in lhc digt-~lion of foodj was cut loose [!·om ;,. ... ,.. ~~-,-.~-~'·~)-~~~ ~ ·~-~-:-~.-~r;~~~-~1:1 .. . .. : -~'. : -'1. .~· ... . ··, ~ ... - ~ · ·• .... • !\ ... .... . . . . .. . . ... . .. . . . ~ · . ·~ · .. . · : -.~ • #o \ ... . •· -.': ' .•. I . l . !. .'> • • : •• . • . , • :'. \ · .. - ! ... .. . • :· ·. . • . . · .. . . , :· ( · · ~ • · · " .: .. •._.., ._ ~. . : . : · . .. . . , . . . I:. i . ~: ~ : . · . . ~ .. ·/ . . . . . , .1 . . .. i --· -· . •. . ,.. .. 0 . . : • :~~- • . ······· -<...;.a...• .....~ ... ,._...,.,.;..__. __. ........ ~.4;~· 1.~. . ~-i.:.:..~~u..·~:;.;~.~~-~.._ .. ;.&.~~u~·:...;( ..
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