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Definition of the day : « knee jerk »
- noun involuntary kick or reaction
- For all that, the cerebrum can exert an influence on the knee jerk.
- Extract from : « Psychology » by Robert S. Woodworth
- Reflex action persists; the knee jerk is diminished, pointing to relaxation in tone of the muscles; consciousness is suspended.
- Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898 » by Various
- Cross the knee to be stimulated over the other leg, and tap the tendon just below the knee cap, and the knee jerk appears.
- Extract from : « Psychology » by Robert S. Woodworth
- Anxious attention to the knee jerk inhibits it; gritting the teeth or clenching the fist reinforces it.
- Extract from : « Psychology » by Robert S. Woodworth
- We see excellent examples of cerebral facilitation and inhibition in the case of the knee jerk.
- Extract from : « Psychology » by Robert S. Woodworth