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A text-book of experimental psychology.On labyrinthine and motor sensations.

A text-book of experimental psychology.: On labyrinthine and motor sensations. The resemblance of labyrinthine and motor sensations.—We may conveniently consider these two classes of sensations in the same chapter, since they are both closely related to the position and to the movements of the individual. The end organs, subserving the development of labyrinthine sensations, are contained in the inner ear; the nervous impulses are conveyed by the vestibular division of the auditory nerve. The end organs, that are concerned in motor sensations, are situated in the motor apparatus. Motor sensations are often called "kinaesthetic" sensations. But, strictly speaking, the labyrinthine sensations are likewise kinsesthetic in function. The sensations, developed by the motor apparatus and by the labyrinth of the ear, further resemble one another in their vague and unprojected character, and in the relatively insignificant place they occupy in the field of consciousness. Moreover, the end organs of the motor apparatus and of the labyrinth are alike engaged in continuously transmitting impulses by which muscular tone is reflexly maintained and movements are unconsciously co-ordinated. A study of these sensations impresses on us the important fact that psychology must needs take into account not merely the conscious but also the unconscious aspects of psycho-physiological processes. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A text-book of experimental psychology.On labyrinthine and motor sensations.

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Longmans, Green and Co
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Copyright © 1909 American Psychological Association
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63 –75
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10.1037/13628-005
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The resemblance of labyrinthine and motor sensations.—We may conveniently consider these two classes of sensations in the same chapter, since they are both closely related to the position and to the movements of the individual. The end organs, subserving the development of labyrinthine sensations, are contained in the inner ear; the nervous impulses are conveyed by the vestibular division of the auditory nerve. The end organs, that are concerned in motor sensations, are situated in the motor apparatus. Motor sensations are often called "kinaesthetic" sensations. But, strictly speaking, the labyrinthine sensations are likewise kinsesthetic in function. The sensations, developed by the motor apparatus and by the labyrinth of the ear, further resemble one another in their vague and unprojected character, and in the relatively insignificant place they occupy in the field of consciousness. Moreover, the end organs of the motor apparatus and of the labyrinth are alike engaged in continuously transmitting impulses by which muscular tone is reflexly maintained and movements are unconsciously co-ordinated. A study of these sensations impresses on us the important fact that psychology must needs take into account not merely the conscious but also the unconscious aspects of psycho-physiological processes. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

Published: Feb 13, 2012

Keywords: labyrinthine sensations; motor sensations; motor apparatus; inner ear; vestibular division; auditory nerve; psycho-physiological processes; nervous impulses; muscle coordination; kinaesthetics

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