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it is often found that the delay is three times as long. 

 Such a case is a voluntary reaction: there is a sensation, 

 a purpose to wink, and then the movement. This common 

 laboratory experiment brings the two forms of response 

 into clear contrast. Consciousness is quite incidental to a 

 reflex, and, if it is involved at all, it is subsequent to the 

 act and not connected with the chain of events leading up 

 to it. 



