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James–Lange theory

the theory that different feeling states stem from the feedback from the viscera and voluntary musculature to the brain. This theory hypothesizes that there are as many physiological responses as there are different intrapsychic feelings and that each of these responses precedes rather than follows the feeling. [William James; Carl Georg Lange (1834–1900), Danish physiologist]

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segmented regression

segmented regression

see piecewise regression.