Walter Cannon
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Walter Cannon was an American physiologist best known for coining the term "fight or flight response" and advancing the concept of homeostasis in the study of the autonomic nervous system.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Walter Cannon canonical | 2 |
| Walter B. Cannon | 1 |
| Walter Bradford Cannon | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1388107 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Cannon Context triple: [Claude Bernard, influenced, Walter Cannon]
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George Kassabaum
George Kassabaum was an American architect and co-founder of the global design and architecture firm HOK.
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Claude Bernard
Claude Bernard was a pioneering 19th-century French physiologist regarded as one of the founders of experimental medicine and modern physiology.
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C.
Alan Hodgkin
Alan Hodgkin was a British physiologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the ionic mechanisms of nerve cell membranes and the generation of nerve impulses.
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D.
Hermann von Helmholtz
Hermann von Helmholtz was a 19th-century German physician and physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to physiology, optics, acoustics, and the conservation of energy.
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E.
Alexis Carrel
Alexis Carrel was a French surgeon and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine, known for his pioneering work in vascular suturing and organ transplantation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Cannon Target entity description: Walter Cannon was an American physiologist best known for coining the term "fight or flight response" and advancing the concept of homeostasis in the study of the autonomic nervous system.
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A.
George Kassabaum
George Kassabaum was an American architect and co-founder of the global design and architecture firm HOK.
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B.
Claude Bernard
Claude Bernard was a pioneering 19th-century French physiologist regarded as one of the founders of experimental medicine and modern physiology.
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C.
Alan Hodgkin
Alan Hodgkin was a British physiologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the ionic mechanisms of nerve cell membranes and the generation of nerve impulses.
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D.
Hermann von Helmholtz
Hermann von Helmholtz was a 19th-century German physician and physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to physiology, optics, acoustics, and the conservation of energy.
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E.
Alexis Carrel
Alexis Carrel was a French surgeon and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine, known for his pioneering work in vascular suturing and organ transplantation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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human ⓘ physiologist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Harvard University ⓘ |
| employer | Harvard University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
autonomic nervous system
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emotions ⓘ homeostasis ⓘ neuroscience ⓘ physiology ⓘ psychophysiology ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
Cannon–Bard theory of emotion
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fight or flight response ⓘ homeostasis ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of stress physiology
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theoretical models of emotion in psychology ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Claude Bernard ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Cannon–Bard theory of emotion
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advancing the concept of homeostasis ⓘ coining the term "fight or flight response" ⓘ research on the autonomic nervous system ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bodily Changes in Pain, Hunger, Fear and Rage
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The Wisdom of the Body ⓘ |
| occupation |
physiologist
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university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld | chair of the Department of Physiology at Harvard Medical School ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| studies |
homeostatic regulation of the body
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physiological responses to stress ⓘ sympathetic nervous system responses ⓘ |
| workLocation | Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Walter Cannon Description of subject: Walter Cannon was an American physiologist best known for coining the term "fight or flight response" and advancing the concept of homeostasis in the study of the autonomic nervous system.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Walter B. Cannon
this entity surface form:
Walter Bradford Cannon