In this case, foot binding, the old Chinese custom of mutilating the feet of aristocratic girls, is a kind of metaphor for the child abuse and incest chronicled by Ms. Harrison in that earlier book -- a metaphor for the sort of childhood trauma that persists throughout an individual's life, warping emotional reflexes and leaving behind a permanent sense of otherness and alienation.
defer.add img); Consider physical, mental, emotional and ethical reflexes and the freedom of the will to make decisions from among options.
Science backs this idea that we already intrinsically know to be true, recognizing that while people may be capable of producing tears for a wide variety of reasons, all of our waterworks can be easily categorized into three distinct groups: basal, reflex, and emotional tears.
Science backs this idea that we already intrinsically know to be true, recognising that while people may be capable of producing tears for a wide variety of reasons, all of our waterworks can be easily categorised into three distinct groups: basal, reflex, and emotional tears.
It is necessary that people could trust their reactions, reflexes and emotional reactions to outdoor surroundings.
As such, enhanced vascular baroreceptor reflex resulting from emotional stress can induce increased LF.
It is essential for the doctor to be aware of the patient's emotional state, to avoid the reflex of being unpleasant to a vindictive patient, or destabilized by a very anxious patient.
When you witness someone suffer a severe bone fracture, it doesn't take mental gymnastics to figure out how you feel; a wave of discomfort might wash over you, the emotional equivalent of a knee-jerk reflex.
