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somatosensation CONCEPT
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the components of the central and peripheral nervous systems that receive and interpret sensory information from organs in the joints, ligaments, muscles, and skin. This system processes information about the length, degree of stretch, tension, and contraction of muscles; pain; temperature; pressure; and joint position.

Alias(es)

somatosensory perception

Definition contributed by Anonymous

Asserted relationships to other concepts

somatosensation
is a kind of
  • perception
    • somatosensation
    is a part of
  • embodied cognition
    • are a kind of
    somatosensation
  • interoception
  • nociception
  • proprioception
  • thermosensation
  • kinesthesia
  • pain
    • are a part of
    somatosensation
    No associations

    Tasks that are asserted to measure somatosensation

    Task Contrast Measure
    Children's Psychiatric Rating Scale
    • psychosomatic
    brief symptom inventory
    • somatization
    pain monitor/discrimination task
    • subject rating during task minus subject baseline rating
    • areas of activation during task minus baseline
    non-painful thermal stimulation
    • rating of sensation minus baseline
    • areas of activation during task minus baseline
    non-painful electrical stimulation
    • average rating of sensation minus subject rating of sensation

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