单词 | after-sensation |
释义 | after-sensationn. A sensation that persists or recurs after the stimulus which gave rise to it ceases; (also) sensation of this kind. Cf. after-image n.In quot. 1806: a subsequent sensation. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > [noun] > physical sensation > a physical sensation > continuing after cause after-sensation1867 after-image1874 1806 R. Seple Friends I. xvi. 239 These, however, were after sensations—the first mournful impression on the mind of each was, that their affection to each other had decreased. 1825 J. A. Paris Elem. Med. Chem. iii. 549 It [sc. strychnia] is insupportably bitter to the taste, and gives an after-sensation similar to that produced by certain metallic salts. 1867 J. Marshall Outl. Physiol. I. 431 After-sensations..are noticed in regard to all the senses. 1874 G. H. Lewes Probl. Life & Mind I. 149 We may consider the gradations of Sensation, After-sensation, Imagination, and Hallucination. 1909 E. B. Titchener Text-bk. Psychol. i. 152 Followed by an after-sensation of cold. 1946 Arch. Neurol. & Psychiatry 55 301 After-sensation is a reaction found on the removal of a cutaneous stimulus and is analogous to the visual after-image. 2004 Understanding Phenomenal Consciousness (2007) i. 5 Bodily sensations, e.g., pain, itch, sexual pleasantness, or nausea, do not present ‘after sensations’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1806 |
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