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In 1947 Sherrington wrote the introduction to the second edition of The Integrative Action of the Nervous System (Appendix 11). It was a remarkable survey of his earlier work on reflexes with the addition of a clear distinction between ‘habit’ and ‘reflex’. “Habit arises always in conscious action; reflex behaviour never arises in conscious action. Habit is always acquired behaviour, reflex behaviour is always inherent and innately given. Habit is not to be confounded with reflex action”.
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Eccles, J.C., Gibson, W.C. (1979). The Final Philosophical Messages. In: Sherrington. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61864-2_11
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