The sense organs experience the external light, sound, etc. with difficulty; the different sense organs only have a so-called specific receptivity for particular stimuli.
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- Author's profession: Scientist
- Nationality: deutsch
- Born: July 14, 1801
- Died: April 28, 1858
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