The origin and nature of the emotions; miscellaneous papers . tremities are, as far as anyexternal design is concerned, purposelessly contracted andreleased until the kinetic energy mobilized by excitation isutilized. During this time the facial expression gives theindex to the mental state. Crying, like laughter, is always preceded by a stimulationto some motor action which may or may not be performed(Figs. 33 and 34j. If a mother is anxiously watching thecourse of a serious illness of her child and if, in cariiig for it,she is stimulated to the utmost to perform motor- acts, she willcontinue
The origin and nature of the emotions; miscellaneous papers . tremities are, as far as anyexternal design is concerned, purposelessly contracted andreleased until the kinetic energy mobilized by excitation isutilized. During this time the facial expression gives theindex to the mental state. Crying, like laughter, is always preceded by a stimulationto some motor action which may or may not be performed(Figs. 33 and 34j. If a mother is anxiously watching thecourse of a serious illness of her child and if, in cariiig for it,she is stimulated to the utmost to perform motor- acts, she willcontinue in a state of motor tenseness until the child recoversor dies. If relief is suddcm, as in the crisis of pneumonia,and the mother is not exhaiisted, she will easily laugh; iftired, she may cry. If death occurs, the stimuhis to motoracts is suddenly withdrawn and she then cries aloud, andperforms many motor acts as a result of the intense stimula-tion to motor activity which is no longer needed in thephysical care of her child. With this clue we can find the. Fig. 33.—Laughing Child. This babj is trying to seize the toy with which his sister is playing and finds relief in continuous activation. 103
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