The origin and nature of the emotions; miscellaneous papers . h -^ aj CQ O P^ g o ^ tH tn ;-, _i: c f:: Q ^ c o ^ ic ^ ?^ J a i S o ^ K o ** ci o O fe H o S In ^ c ^ ,__ O -^ t2 X Cj r § f^ o fH ?;z; ~^ ^ hi^ K Cj X rt a X o a:1 H 5 o Tj ^ Sa i^ t^ ;?:?ilV^s>^^>^*:w. ^x o I 31 32 THE EMOTIONS the Tier\o-eells h;ive i-eturned to the Icstiufi; ^tage fioni thel^reccding stimuhis. If (h-(>i)s of water fall iijion the Kkinfrom a sufficient lieii;ht to cause th(> slightest uiii)lcasantsensation, and at such a rate that before the effect of thestimulus of one drop has pass(^d another drop


The origin and nature of the emotions; miscellaneous papers . h -^ aj CQ O P^ g o ^ tH tn ;-, _i: c f:: Q ^ c o ^ ic ^ ?^ J a i S o ^ K o ** ci o O fe H o S In ^ c ^ ,__ O -^ t2 X Cj r § f^ o fH ?;z; ~^ ^ hi^ K Cj X rt a X o a:1 H 5 o Tj ^ Sa i^ t^ ;?:?ilV^s>^^>^*:w. ^x o I 31 32 THE EMOTIONS the Tier\o-eells h;ive i-eturned to the Icstiufi; ^tage fioni thel^reccding stimuhis. If (h-(>i)s of water fall iijion the Kkinfrom a sufficient lieii;ht to cause th(> slightest uiii)lcasantsensation, and at such a rate that before the effect of thestimulus of one drop has pass(^d another drop falls in pre-cisely the same spot, there will f)e felt a gradually increasingpainful sensation which finally liecomes unbeaial)le. This issununation of stimuli. When, for a, long time, a patientIeciuires fretiucnt painful wound dicssings, lliere is a gradualinciease in the acuteness of the pain of the i-ece])tors. This iscaused !>> sunmiation. In a larger sense, the entire be-ha\i()r of th(^ iudi\idual gives considerable evidence ofsunnnatidu, r. i/.. in the (i-aining of athleles, the i-]iytluniedischarge df muscular en<ag\ at such interxals that theresting stage is not Ieached befoi-e a new exei-cise is gi\Tnresults in a gradual ascent in efficiency unti


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