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reflexology Psychol.|ˌriːflɛkˈsɒlədʒɪ|
[f. reflex n. + -ology; cf. G. reflexologie.]
a. The theory that the behaviour of organisms is made up of established patterns of simple or complex reflex responses; the scientific study of reflex action as it affects behaviour.
[1912W. von Bechterew in Deutsche Med. Wochenschr. 8 Aug. 1481 (heading) Was ist Psychoreflexologie?] 1927Psychol. Abstr. I. 590 Thanks to its objective method, reflexology has rendered service to applied sciences, psychiatry and pedagogy. 1933E. & W. Murphy tr. A. Gerver in Bechterev's Princ. Human Reflexology 8 Bechterev..founded this Institute in 1918, and its chief aim was the study of the anatomy and physiology of the central nervous system and also the study of the principles of reflexology, a new branch of science created by him... The Institute is now called the Reflexological Institute for the Study of Brain. 1957T. Kilmartin tr. Aron's Opium of Intellectuals vi. 198 ‘Refloxology’ does not solve the riddle of existence any more than materialistic sociology. 1973C. D. Kernig Marxism, Communism & Western Society VII. 144/1 (heading) Results of recent research in reflexology. 1975C. L. Burt ESP & Psychol. iv. 54 The physiological psychologists (materialistic monists) who adopted Huxley's reflexology.
b. A technique for relaxing nervous tension through a method of foot massage.
1976M. Segal Reflexology 1 Known also as compression foot massage, reflexology is a natural art of healing. Ibid., Like acupuncture, reflexology has been used by the Chinese for 5,000 years. 1976Seed V. v. 31 (Advt.), Reflexology (compression massage of the feet). 1977D. Berkson Foot Bk. ii. 13 Various kinds of pressure-point therapy and reflexology as well as shiatsu.
Hence ˌreflexoˈlogical a.; ˌrefleˈxologist.
1927Psychol. Abstr. I. 650 Therapeutics ought to investigate..the methods of reflexological orthopedics applicable to the cure of mental diseases. 1933Reflexological [see sense a above]. 1933E. & W. Murphy tr. A. Gerver in Bechterev's Gen. Princ. Human Reflexology 13 Not only have psychiatrists, reflexologists, and neuropathologists been in close touch with him [sc. Bechterev], but also teachers, both rural and urban, have always given him a ready ear. 1938Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. Jan. 337 Behaviourists and reflexologists who do not believe that a rat has any mental life involving anticipations or foresights which govern his behaviour. 1957Listener 31 Oct. 689/1 Another analogy was suggested by the experiments of the Russian reflexologists, Bechterev and Pavlov. 1976M. Segal Reflexology i. 3 We, as reflexologists, do the same by trying to relax the patient and relieve nerve tension. |