| 单词 |
self-stimulation |
| 释义 |
self-stimuˈlation Psychol.
[self- 1 a.]
Stimulation of oneself for pleasure or excitement; spec. masturbation. Also, stimulation of its own pleasure centres effected in an animal by means of implanted electrodes (see quot. 1956).
1947M. M. Lewis Lang. in Society i. 18 There, at that level [sc. babbling]—as a form of play, of self-stimulation, of narcissism—it [sc. language] might remain. 1951Ford & Beach Patterns of Sexual Behav. ix. 155 American men who begin to masturbate..discontinue the practice..because self-stimulation is replaced by heterosexual intercourse. 1956J. Olds in Sci. Amer. Oct. 114/3 In the rhinencephalon the effects were milder, producing self-stimulation at rates around 200 times per hour. 1964J. Z. Young Model of Brain xiv. 234 With stimulating electrodes implanted in them animals can be made either to seek self-stimulation from one centre or to avoid it if the electrode is in..one nearby. 1977R. Holland Self & Social Context iv. 62 Olds' study of self-stimulation by rats with implanted electrodes. |
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