A reflex action follows this general sequence and does not involve the conscious part of the brain. This is why the response is so fast. Receptor in the skin detects a stimulus (the change in ...
A reflex action is a rapid automatic response to a stimulus (anything an organism can detect). Reflex actions are involuntary and do not necessarily involve the brain. Reflex actions protect the ...
In the seventeenth century, René Descartes conceived of these 'spirits' as liquids or gases, and used the idea to explain reflex action. But he was rapidly proven wrong by a young Dutchman ...