Excerpt from The American Journal of Psychology, Vol. 8 Neural Reinforcement (facilitation) and Inhibition: Bah nung and Hemmung. We do not need to take any Special notice of the physio logical character and basis of inhibition. While there is still discussion in regard to its mechanism, the fact of inhibition, as tested, for instance, in the action of the vagus nerve on the heart, is well known and has frequently been demonstrated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.