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Physiological reaction   /fˌɪziəlˈɑdʒɪkəl riˈækʃən/   Listen
Physiological reaction

noun
1.
An automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus.  Synonyms: inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex.






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"Physiological reaction" Quotes from Famous Books



... can afford to ignore the hens' eggs of the past that were not quite so nearly this sort of thing, and the hens' eggs of the future that will accumulate modification age by age; I can venture to ignore the rare chance of an abnormality in chemical composition and of any startling aberration in my physiological reaction; I can, with a confidence that is practically perfect, say with unqualified simplicity "two eggs," but not if my concern is not my morning's breakfast ...
— A Modern Utopia • H. G. Wells

... organism." Beauty, then, according to the psychologists, is the quality inherent in things, the possession of which enables them to stimulate our organism to harmonious functioning. And the perception of beauty is a purely physiological reaction. ...
— The Gate of Appreciation - Studies in the Relation of Art to Life • Carleton Noyes



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