Synopsis
Bodily Changes In Pain, Hunger, Fear And Rage is a classic scientific book written by Walter B. Cannon and published in 1920. The book explores the physiological responses of the human body to various emotional states such as pain, hunger, fear, and rage. Cannon was a prominent physiologist and his work in this field was groundbreaking, as he was one of the first to study the connection between emotions and physical responses.The book is divided into four sections, each focusing on a different emotion. In the first section, Cannon examines the physical changes that occur in the body during the experience of pain. He discusses the role of the nervous system, the release of hormones such as adrenaline, and the effects of pain on the body's various organs.The second section of the book focuses on hunger and the body's response to it. Cannon explores the physiological mechanisms that regulate hunger, including the role of the digestive system and hormones such as insulin and glucagon.The third section of the book examines fear, which Cannon defines as a ""state of alarm in the presence of danger."" He discusses the physical changes that occur in the body during fear, including the activation of the sympathetic nervous system and the release of adrenaline.Finally, in the fourth section, Cannon explores the physical changes that occur during rage, which he defines as a ""violent emotional reaction to frustration."" He discusses the role of the adrenal glands and the sympathetic nervous system in the body's response to rage.Throughout the book, Cannon emphasizes the interconnectedness of the body's various systems and the importance of understanding the physiological responses to emotions. His work paved the way for further research into the mind-body connection and continues to be influential in the field of psychology and neuroscience.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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Présentation de l'éditeur
Fear, rage and pain, and the pangs of hunger are all primitive experiences which human beings share with the lower animals. These experiences are properly classed as among the most powerful that determine the action of men and beasts. A knowledge of the conditions which attend these experiences, therefore, is of general and fundamental importance in the interpretation of behavior. During the past four years there has been conducted, in the Harvard Physiological Laboratory, a series of investigations concerned with the bodily changes which occur in conjunction with pain, hunger and the major emotions. A group of remarkable alterations in the bodily economy have been discovered, all of which can reasonably be regarded as responses that are nicely adapted to the individuals welfare and preservation. Because these physiological adaptations are interesting both in themselves and in their interpretation, not only to physiologists and psychologists, but to others as well, it has seemed worth while to gather together in convenient form the original accounts of the experiments, which have been published in various American medical and physiological journals.
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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.
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