WHAT IT MEANS.
To write a single letter of the alphabet it is roughly estimated requires from 200,000 to 300,000 distinct processes, all of which are controlled and directed by the mind. To make the letter “O,” for instance, takes but a second, yet if all the mental processes involved had to be performed consciously, years w r ould be consumed in the performance. First, the making of the “O” is willed in the brain, setting in motion the activities of thousands of cells in the hearing areas, the seeing areas, the speech motor areas and the muscular motor areas. Hundreds of nerve threads connecting these cells with various cells and nerve threads in the brain are set to wort to organise the movement, while other nerve centres attend to the business of furnishing the requisite amount of blood. As a result, the spinal nerve centres are actuated, ant finally the smaller nerves in the fingers direct the forming of the “O.”
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/FRTIM19210315.2.8
Bibliographic details
Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 616, 15 March 1921, Page 3
Word Count
162WHAT IT MEANS. Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 616, 15 March 1921, Page 3
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Franklin Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in