Essays about: "discriminative touch"
Found 5 essays containing the words discriminative touch.
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1. The complexity of feeling wider but not generally bigger : A systematic review of body image assessment using tactile size estimation in anorexia nervosa
University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskapAbstract : Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is a severe and complex psychiatric disorder characterized by significantly low body weight, an intense fear of gaining weight, and a distorted body image. Despite otherwise successful treatments, body image distortions are often persistent and are considered a critical factor in the persistence, development, and relapse of AN. READ MORE
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2. Rubber hand illusion and affective touch : A systematic review
University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskapAbstract : The feeling of owning a body part is often investigated by conducting and manipulating the rubber hand illusion, a three-way integration of vision, touch, and proprioception. In the last decade, more research on the role of interoception, the sense of the body's’ internal state, in the illusion has been made. READ MORE
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3. The Sense of Touch : Physiology and Neural Correlates of Affective Touch and its Role in Subjective Wellbeing
University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskapAbstract : The somatosensory system concerns the sense of touch. It is sectioned into various kinds of touch, such as the proprioceptive sense, providing information of sense of self and position of limbs, and the cutaneous sense, informing of the modalities of touching or being touched. READ MORE
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4. The Sense of Touch : Physiology and Neural Correlates of Affective Touch and its Role in Subjective Wellbeing
University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskapAbstract : The somatosensory system concerns the sense of touch. It is sectioned into various kinds of touch, such as the proprioceptive sense, providing information of sense of self and position of limbs, and the cutaneous sense, informing of the modalities of touching or being touched. READ MORE
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5. Somatosensory system; touch : Physiology and Neuronal Correlates of Discriminative and Affective Touch
University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskapAbstract : This essay is about the somatosensory system, which is divided into different kinds of touch. Described briefly are the proprioceptive touch, which is transported to the brain via A-alfa fibers and transmits information about e. g. limb position and movement. READ MORE