At the harder levels, that turns saving from a simple reflex into a strategic decision.
A scene in which the somewhat psychotic Nick turns Joel's "overdeveloped flinch reflex" into a weapon is a pratfall-filled gem, so much so that the audience is left wondering whether Mr. Mahoney will make it through the run of the play without breaking a limb or two.
Yamazi et al. [13] had divided the characteristic V-shaped response of the pupillary light reflex into three segments: the first is due exclusively to PNS excitation, the second is controlled by both SNS and PSN and the latter reflects only SNS activity.
Hanna's finely tuned, self-protective reflexes, drilled into her over the years by her C.I.A.-renegade daddy, have overridden her amorous impulses.
Other reflexes come into play whenever Earle gets desperate: his cheeks quiver uncontrollably when he holds up a general store, and he bares his teeth like a big cat when he fears he's about to be cornered.
If you want to understand just how bad are the reflexes trained into ordinary officers, you can look at the fusillade incidents where many officers empty their guns at once.
Signals from stretch receptors (i.e., muscle spindles and tendon organs) end in parts of laminae V, VI, and VII; collaterals of these fibres associated with the stretch reflex project into lamina IX.
Including the motor and non-motor functional tests, EMG with evaluation for pathological spontaneous activity, EMG with evaluation for voluntary activity, ENG and stapedius reflex testing into the second model, EMG with evaluation for pathological spontaneous activity, ENG and stapedius reflex testing remained independent prognostic factors.
These styles embody attitudes that have grown into reflexes and have almost pushed out other, more natural feelings.
It's awful!" Martha's forced smile was one of those involuntary survival reflexes hard-wired into the DNA of the female descendants of Confederate war heroes.
The initial startle, harmless because of your healthy reflexes, thus transforms into a pleasant and meaningful social interaction through a process, involving courage, curiosity, cooperation, sharing.
