"Inhibitory" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... much practice does the process become sufficiently automatic for these lip and tongue innervations to be dropped. Indeed, many adults show traces of them when they read. To what degree our power to read is based upon such innervations is shown by the fact that old people, as their inhibitory powers become weaker, often revert to making these lip movements. From this we may conclude that such innervations, although they do not find their natural expression, still exist and have effect, i.e., they are necessary. The Jaques-Dalcroze method aims ...
— The Eurhythmics of Jaques-Dalcroze • Emile Jaques-Dalcroze
... afford a fair sample of the germ content of the mixture, and at the same time is insufficient to exert any inhibitory action when ...
— The Elements of Bacteriological Technique • John William Henry Eyre
... spontaneous or reactive movements. This includes such voluntary muscle reflexes as contain a psychic component. For instance, there is, often, an interference with swallowing (letting saliva collect and drooling), winking, and even with the inhibitory processes used in holding urine and feces (soiling and wetting). Often there is no reaction to pin pricks or feinting motions. The inactivity also often interferes with the taking of food so that spoon-feeding or tube-feeding has to be resorted to. The patient may keep his ...
— Benign Stupors - A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type • August Hoch |
