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Nikolaas Tinbergen
Dutch
Scientist
Born:
Apr 15
,
1907
Died:
Dec 21
,
1988
Genuine
Majority
Parents
Pressure
Seem
Stress
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As a boy, I had two small aquaria in our backyard in which I watched, each spring, the nest building and other fascinating behaviours of sticklebacks.
Nikolaas Tinbergen
Building
Spring
Other
Our
Backyard
Nest
Small
Had
Boy
Which
Fascinating
Each
Watched
Two
Whenever a gentle pressure is used to make a slight change in leg posture, the neck muscles react immediately. Conversely, when the therapist helps one to 'release' the neck muscles, it is amazing to see quite pronounced movements for instance of the toes, even when one is lying on a couch.
Nikolaas Tinbergen
Change
Amazing
Pressure
Lying
Slight
Immediately
Release
See
Posture
Couch
Instance
React
Make
Gentle
Leg
Quite
Whenever
Movements
Toes
Used
Therapist
Even
Helps
Neck
Muscles
Proper stance and movement are obviously genetically old, environment-resistant behaviours. Misuse, with all its psychosomatic or, rather, somato-psychic consequences, must therefore be considered a result of modern living conditions - of a culturally determined stress.
Nikolaas Tinbergen
Result
Old
Stress
Living
Consequences
Considered
Must
Proper
Determined
Rather
Genetically
Obviously
Misuse
Conditions
Modern
Movement
Stance
Therefore
Living Conditions
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