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| George Orwell 2004-10-03, 10:17 pm |
| What is the specific neurological term for the acute sensation
commonly experienced by one who merely -sees- an injury occur.
For example, you see a child running on a sidewalk, then they
trip and fall, shredding the skin on their palms/knees/elbows.
Or somebody pulls a sheet of paper out of a stack, slicing open
their other hand that was holding the sheets in place.
Apart from any thoughts/emotions that may accompany the event,
there is an electrical feeling in the spine and muscles.
What's that called, and what is its mechanism of action?
(feel free to copy this to other groups as appropriate)
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| Amy Sargent 2004-10-03, 10:17 pm |
| http://www.google.com <-- Search engine.
Unfortunately, there is a sub-network of nerves called the sympathetic
nervous system. So, "sympathetic nerve pain" doesn't really work to bring
up the right type of search results.
Synesthesia is a sort of fusing of senses. . . . (reference: Oliver Sacks,
_The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat_)
Back to google
Search term synesthesia
http://web.mit.edu/synesthesia/www/synesthesia.html
syn-es-the-sia n. Physiol. Sensation produced at a point other than
or remote from the point of stimulation, as of a color from hearing a
certain sound (fr. Gk, syn = together + aisthesis = to perceive).
<end web reference>
Or the commercial which ends with one kid saying, "Mine tastes like purple,"
and another kid repeating it in disbelief as though it's the silliest thing
he's ever heard. In your example, the senses fused would be sight and
touch.
"George Orwell" <nobody@mixmaster.it> wrote in message
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> What is the specific neurological term for the acute sensation
> commonly experienced by one who merely -sees- an injury occur.
>
> For example, you see a child running on a sidewalk, then they
> trip and fall, shredding the skin on their palms/knees/elbows.
> Or somebody pulls a sheet of paper out of a stack, slicing open
> their other hand that was holding the sheets in place.
>
> Apart from any thoughts/emotions that may accompany the event,
> there is an electrical feeling in the spine and muscles.
> What's that called, and what is its mechanism of action?
>
> (feel free to copy this to other groups as appropriate)
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> msg.pxt783jb27
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