在流行文化中
该术语从20世纪初开始用于比喻。 O. O. McIntyre在1921年10月的The Coshocton Tribune纽约日报专栏中写道:“巡回传教士在肥皂盒上阻止百老汇。而且只是偶尔发生一种下意识。”[4]
另见
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Notes
In American English, knee-reflex is the spelling of only the adjective, not the noun.
William J. Weiner (30 July 2010). Neurology for the Non-Neurologist. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 499–. ISBN 978-1-60547-239-3. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
"Endocrinology - Hyperthyroidism". Core Concepts of Pediatrics. www.utmb.edu. Archived from the original on 22 June 2016.
Martin, Gary. "'Knee-jerk reaction' - the meaning and origin of this phrase". Phrasefinder.
参考
Gurfinkel' VS, Lipshits MI, Popov KE (1974). "Is the stretch reflex a basic mechanism in the system of regulation of human vertical posture?". Biofizika (in Russian). 19 (4): 744–8. PMID 4425696.
Pinnock CA, Lin ES, Smith T (2003). "Physiology of the Nervous System". Fundamentals of Anaesthesia, 2nd Edition (2nd ed.). Greenwich Medical Media Ltd.