Sir Henry Head

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Sir Henry Head

British neurologist

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human sensory reception
Approaches to the study of sensing
…of sensations was made by Sir Henry Head (1861–1940), a British neurologist who noted that after a sensory nerve from the skin had been cut, the first sensations to recover as the nerve healed appeared to be diffuse and extremely unpleasant. Head theorized that this initial lack of sharp discrimination…
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…of sensations was made by Sir Henry Head (1861–1940), a British neurologist who noted that after a sensory nerve from the skin had been cut, the first sensations to recover as the nerve healed appeared to be diffuse and extremely unpleasant. Head theorized that this initial lack of sharp discrimination…
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