The physiological conception of thinking based on the results of psychostereotactic operations.

The authors have gained their experience in psychostereotactic operations during the past 50 years. The operations were indicated in psychiatric patients on the basis of their clinical pictures. The results gained in operations of the hypothalamus, limbic system and neocortical structures of the brain were logically analysed and served as the basis for physiological conception of the function of the nervous system in the area of thinking. The elemental thinking of the hypothalamus resides in relatively simple memory that contains standard values of the internal environment of the body. The immense memory on the highest neocortical level of the human brain grew to become an independent degree of development independent of the objective reality. The entrance of physiological thinking into psychology enables to clarify the aspects of human psychology that are still liable to subjective view, such as emotions, motivation or consciousnesses (Fig. 1, Ref. 9). Full Text (Free, PDF) www.bmj.sk.