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A belly rub kicks a dog's leg by itself.

A belly-rub kick is a spinal scratch reflex that can run without the brain, measured at about 4.5 kicks a second in Sherrington's 1906 study.

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That kick is a spinal scratch reflex. In 1906, Sherrington showed the hind-leg rhythm still fires after the spinal cord is cut from the brain, at about 4.5 kicks a second, from a saddle-shaped field of skin. The paper measures a reflex that can run without the brain. 1
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References

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    Observations on the scratch-reflex in the spinal dog

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