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Submitted by Ian Gradwell (guest) on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 2:08pm.

Whenever I hear a car just pull up really quickly, my defensive reflexes activate. Then I just go about my business. Also, I used to walk past a sign on a telephone pole which probably would activate the memory of getting a threatening letter in adolescence.

Maybe memory is involved with seeing smells or tasting what you touch with your fingers and other stuff like that.

There was a behavioral psychologist that showed that conditioning along with a stimuli would get you to salivate or to do a behavior like a dog obeying a command. Maybe this is connected to what you are talking about with senses.

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