Sensation

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Contents 1 Broader Terms 2 Narrower Terms 3 Related Terms 4 Scope Note 5 Facts

Broader Terms

neuropsychology

Narrower Terms

hearing, hunger, olfaction, pain, proprioception /kinesthesia, sensory mechanism, somesthesis, taste, thermoreception, touch, vision

Related Terms

perception, sense organ

Scope Note

transduction of stimuli from outside the body and those within the body into nerve impulses by receptors, and the transmission of these impulses by afferent neurons to the cerebral cortex.

Facts

• Sensation is the experience of a symptom, what it feels like.
• Sensation is an ability to see, hear, smell, taste or touch.

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