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A Physiological Interpretation of Vacillation in Conflicts

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.1.91

Sherrington's concept of successive induction and rebound, and Pavlov's concept of negative induction are grouped together under one comprehensive term—physiological induction. This concept in turn is used as an explanation for a number of phenomena ordinarily considered to be entirely psychological. In this paper one such psychological phenomenon is discussed—vacillation between the two sides of a conflict.

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