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Publications and source records attributed to Sergey E. Murik.
A new theory of motivations, emotions and attention is suggested, considering them as functions of sensory systems. The theory connects neurophysiological mechanisms of mental phenomena with the change of metabolic and functional state of perceptive neurons, which is reflected in the degree of polarization of a cell membrane.
The experimental part of this study has shown that hunger motivation may be evoked by a long-term (10=180 s) continuous electrical stimulation of the "hunger center" at a current of 133.6{\pm}8.1 mkA. Positive emotions were caused by electrostimulation at the same current intensity but short-term duration (0.3-0.5 s). A positive feeling elicited by electrostimulation of the motivation center can be explained in terms of the adaptation (polarization) theory of motivation and emotion (Murik, 2001, 2005).