somatosensory
IPA: soʊmˈætoʊsˈɛnsɝi
adjective
- (biology) Of or pertaining to the perception of sensory stimuli produced by the skin or internal organs
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Examples of "somatosensory" in Sentences
- Somatosensory basis of speech production.
- They are a part of the somatosensory system.
- Somatosensory precision in speech production.
- P300 generation by novel somatosensory stimuli.
- These are largely detected by the somatosensory system.
- It is involved in somatosensory processing and association.
- Molecular and cellular limits to somatosensory specificity.
- It is a somatosensory agnosia, or a sign of neglect syndrome.
- This information is especially relating to the somatosensory system.
- A somatosensory disorder is an impairment of the somatosensory system.
- The researchers looked, for instance, at a part of the brain called the somatosensory cortex, which contains a kind of map of the body.
- The postcentral gyrus is also known as the somatosensory cortex, or primary sensory area, because it receives sensory input from the body.
- Blankenburg's study pinpointed activity in a part of the brain called the somatosensory cortex, an area that maintains an internal body map.
- Similarly, the tongue and lips send signals to the somatosensory cortex, which compare their actual placement with their expected placement.
- But in principle a properly placed electrode should be able to trigger neurons in his somatosensory state map as if his tongue or jaw had moved.
- Blue and yellow LEDs would flash on and off inside genetically altered somatosensory regions of the cortex to give the user sensations of weight, temperature, and texture.
- The experiments explain how the circuitry of a region of the mouse brain called the somatosensory cortex, which processes input from the various systems in the body that respond to the sense of touch, can change.
- Brain scans before and after showed that while they were meditating, they had less activity in the primary somatosensory cortex, the part of the brain that registers where pain is coming from, and greater activity in the anterior cingulate cortex, which plays a role in handling unpleasant feelings.