Studies in thermal sensitivity: 15. Effects of stimulus-temperature in seriatim warm-mapping.

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Abstract
Seriatim mapping alternately with a standard temp. (44[degree]) and a comparison temp. (36i[degree], 38[degree], 41[degree], 47[degree], 50[degree]) gives results which cannot be readily explained in terms of the traditional "warm spot" theory. In the same map, some scores remain totally unchanged, while others are changed sharply. General increases or decreases over the map as a whole are notably absent. These exptl. results, however, are in accord with the conc. theory: i.e., that variations in experienced intensity of warmth are based on varied concs. of receptors, which differ in their liminal level, but are all-or-none in action once the limen is passed. The experienced intensity depends upon the conc. of receptors active at that temp.

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