The phrase
"tactile stimuli" refers to things we feel or touch through our sense of touch. It includes the textures, pressure, temperature, or vibrations that we perceive by physically interacting with objects or surfaces.
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The sights, scents and
tactile stimuli encountered when working with plants provide a sensory experience that enables people to be in the present moment rather than dwelling on problems.
This reflex exhibits classical conditioning when a
weak tactile stimulus to the siphon is used as a conditioned stimulus and a strong shock to the tail is used as an unconditioned stimulus.
Dr. Mashhoon also characterizes EEG reactivity to drug - related and
tactile stimuli during stress and acute withdrawal conditions, across various clinical and psychiatric populations.
J. Siegle et al. «Gamma - range synchronization of fast - spiking interneurons can enhance detection
of tactile stimuli.»
We demonstrate that the spiking activity of single neocortical neurons in the somatosensory cortex of the rat can be used to decode
patterned tactile stimuli delivered to the distal ventral skin of the second forepaw digits on both sides of the body.
By translating the graphic notations of music into a sculptural composition, the artist creates a phenomenological score wherein visual and
tactile stimulus subtend musical signification.
When a
weak tactile stimulus is applied to the siphon of Aplysia californica, the animal withdraws the siphon between the parapodia.
For example, some sensory neurons respond to
tactile stimuli and can activate motor neurons in order to achieve muscle contraction.
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.
Preller says they now plan to explore whether they observe the same effects in response to visual or
tactile stimuli.
Previous research on PHL used custom hardware to provide
the tactile stimuli, but here researchers use an existing wearable device.
Such overactive neuronal circuits are thought to lead to seizures and hypersensitivity to visual, auditory and
tactile stimuli.
Their mental maps become populated with images and memories of places, spaces, sights, sounds, smells, and
tactile stimuli.