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Mathematical Biophysics of Delayed Reflexes in Connection with the Theory of Error Elimination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

N. Rashevsky
N. Rashevsky*
Affiliation:
The University of Chicago
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Abstract

In continuation of a previous paper, a mechanism of delayed reflexes is considered more in detail. Equations governing such a mechanism are established and approximately solved. The formulae thus obtained describe the phenomenon of “concentration” of a conditioned reflex around a definite time interval after stimulation. Applied along the lines discussed in the previous paper to some simple combinations of stimuli and responses the formulae lead to a description of the elimination of errors by trial. They give a relation between the number of repetitions, necessary to eliminate a wrong act, and other constants, describing the situation.

Type
Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 1 , Issue 4 , December 1936 , pp. 265 - 273
Copyright
Copyright © 1936 The Psychometric Society

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References

* Rashevsky, N. Mathematical Biophysics and Psychology. Psyvhometrika, 1936, 1, 1-26.

† Rashevsky, N. Outline of a Physico-Mathematical Theory of the Brain. Jour. Gen. Psychol., 193,5, 13, 82-111.

* Parlov, I. Conditioned Reflexes. Oxford Univ. Press. 1927.