J. Siegle et al. «Gamma - range synchronization of fast - spiking interneurons can enhance detection
of tactile stimuli.»
Not exact matches
a.Perception
of visual, auditory,
tactile, olfactory, or gustatory experiences without an external
stimulus and with a compelling sense
of their reality, usually resulting from a mental disorder or as a response to a drug.
Flashbacks can also be triggered by
tactile or sensory
stimuli associated with the abuse such as smells (e.g., the scent
of a particular cologne), tastes, textures or sounds.
In a 2014 PLOS One study, Klöcker, a postdoctorate at the Catholic University
of Leuven in Belgium, blindfolded 22 people and had a robot stroke their fingertips with 27
tactile stimuli that varied in temperature, roughness and force.
When a weak
tactile stimulus is applied to the siphon
of Aplysia californica, the animal withdraws the siphon between the parapodia.
«To get a good picture
of how
stimulus information is being conveyed in these afferent populations, you have to look at a diverse set
of stimuli that spans the range
of what you might feel in everyday
tactile experience,» he said.
On page 314
of this issue, Tee et al. (3) report a Digital
Tactile System («DiTact») based on a low - power flexible organic transistor circuit that transduces pressure
stimuli into oscillating signals like those generated by skin mechanoreceptors.
Similarly, when someone touches someone else's hand, a
tactile sensation is projected onto the somatosensory cortex, faithfully representing the original location
of the
stimulus on the body.
If repeated examinations yield no evidence
of a sustained, reproducible, purposeful, or voluntary behavioral response to visual, auditory,
tactile, or noxious
stimuli, a diagnosis
of a vegetative state — or «wakefulness without awareness» — is made.1 - 5 Some patients remain in a vegetative state permanently.
Considering its potential, a study was undertaken to develop a product design model based on synesthetic evaluations
of tactile, audio, scent and taste
stimuli, and supported by neuroscience techniques and implicit and explicit evaluations.
Sadique Sheik, Michael Pfeiffer, Fabio Stefanini, Giacomo Indiveri Perception
of simple
stimuli using sparse data from a
tactile whisker array.
This includes lots
of people, other animals, environmental
stimulus,
tactile surfaces, sounds, body handling and more.