Word: stimuli
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...which strong emotions play a part. Reason: the intelligent person understands and worries about his condition, and it gets worse; the madman has no such worries. To doctors, Dr. Donald Gregg of Wellesley, Mass. gave this advice: "Let us lessen our emotional load by avoiding excess of emotional stimuli, by slackening our pace, or bearing it intermittently; by avoiding excessive specialization thereby lessening our dependence on others, and by developing our knowledge of facts and wisdom in applying these facts, and by developing a philosophy and a faith to take the place of that which our increased but still partial...
...machine used for measuring the cost of physical work in terms of metabolism used in psychological experimentation." The third group made its living on a "learning machine." That, explained Dr. Lorge, is an elaborate contrivance "which subjects simultaneously a group of 13 to a learning situation in which stimuli are presented and each subject makes responses." A "unit" of right responses wins a nickel. A wrong answer may bring a fine...
...Traut and consultants that Patricia Maguire suffered from sleeping sickness. Her "convulsive movements were often marked enough to throw her out of bed. She yawned a great deal and grimaced, holding her mouth pulled up at either side. She would not answer but would draw away from painful stimuli. Convulsive movements of the jaws required the insertion of a gag to protect her tongue and cheeks. She lay for hours with the neck, arms and legs acutely and rigidly flexed...
...peewee. When she made her first important appearance in Stand Up and Cheer last April, Shirley Temple's main attractions were curls, a dimple, the ability to sing and tap dance. Since then she has become a seasoned, skillful actress, capable of reacting properly to all the stimuli normally experienced by the heroines of cinema. The story of Bright Eyes, following the rule for most pictures tailored to fit stars, is important only for the opportunities it gives Shirley Temple: to weep when she hears that her mother has gone to Heaven; to tiptoe away from her nursery when...
...quite different. A nerve is somewhat analogous to the fuse of a firecracker. When a stimulus comes, it travels up the nerve like the spark in a fuse. Just as the spark gives off light and heat, so the nerve gives off electrical disturbances. By tests of nerve stimuli, it is possible to determine the sensitivity and range...