Bodily changes in pain, hunger, fear, and rage : an account of recent researches into the function of emotional excitement / by Walter B. Cannon.

  • Cannon, Walter B. (Walter Bradford), 1871-1945.
Date:
1929
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Credit: Bodily changes in pain, hunger, fear, and rage : an account of recent researches into the function of emotional excitement / by Walter B. Cannon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER XII THE UTILITY OF THE BODILY CHANGES IN PAIN AND GREAT EMOTION PAGE The reflex nature of bodily responses in pain and the major emotions, and the useful character of reflexes—The utility of the increased blood sugar as a source of muscular energy —The utility of increased adrenin in the blood as an anti¬ dote to the effects of fatigue—The vascular changes pro¬ duced by the sympathico-adrenal system favorable to supreme muscular exertion—The value of an increased number of red blood corpuscles—The changes in respiratory function also favorable to great effort—Effects produced in asphyxia similar to those produced in pain and excitement— The utility of rapid coagulation in preventing loss of blood —Some criticisms considered. 193-224 CHAPTER XIII THE ENERGIZING INFLUENCE OF EMOTIONAL EXCITEMENT “Reservoirs of power”—The excitements and energies of com¬ petitive sports—Frenzy and endurance in ceremonial and other dances—The fierce emotions and struggles of battle— The stimulating influence of witnesses and of music—The feeling of power. 225-240 CHAPTER XIV EMOTIONAL DERANGEMENT OF BODILY FUNCTIONS The characteristics of the rage response as a type—The central control of emotional expression—Difference between cortical and thalamic control of skeletal muscle and viscera—Illus¬ trations of the deranging effects of emotions—An explana¬ tion of emotional derangement of bodily processes—Reasons for a physiological emphasis in explaining emotional dis¬ turbances—Some practical suggestions. 241-267 CHAPTER XV THE NATURE OF HUNGER Appetite and hunger—The sensation of hunger—The theory that hunger is a general sensation—Weakness of the assump-