Question

Cannon and washburn's classic experiment on hunger revealed that when subjects reported: thirst, their stomach muscles were relaxing. satiation, their stomachs were contracting. hunger, their stomachs were contracting. thirst, their stomachs were empty.

Answer 1

In this classic experiment, Cannon and Washburn report that when we are hungry, our stomach contracts. To test this theory, Washburn swallowed a ball with a tube, when the ball in his stomach was inflated, he did not feel hungry, on the contrary, when the ball was deflated and his stomach was empty, it contracted generating a feeling of hunger.

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