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Relationship Between Kinesthetic Aftereffects and “Strength of the Nervous System”
Author(s) -
Sales Stephen M.,
Throop Warren F.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
psychophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.661
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1469-8986
pISSN - 0048-5772
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1972.tb01802.x
Subject(s) - kinesthetic learning , psychology , typology , cognitive psychology , nervous system , task (project management) , construct (python library) , neuroscience , developmental psychology , computer science , management , archaeology , economics , history , programming language
Investigators have traditionally assumed that the kinesthetic aftereffects (KAE) procedure measures individuals’tendencies either to augment or to reduce the impact of incoming stimulation. Strikingly, this putative difference between individuals is one of the bases of Pavlov's typology: Pavlov maintained that individuals with “strong” nervous systems resist incoming stimuli, while individuals with “weak”nervous systems are particularly sensitive to stimuli. The present study supports the usual interpretation of the KAE task by indicating significant relationships between it and three measures of “strength of the nervous system.”The present data also have a practical implication: Since the KAE procedure has recently undergone strong methodological attacks, these results suggest that an investigator interested in the construct in question (tendencies to augment or reduce stimuli) can employ the measures of strength rather than the KAE method.