Category: S

In psychology, a form of projective technique using incomplete sentences that the person must complete.  

Pertaining to any effects on the senses. A term implying a broader concept than sexual. Concerning or consisting of the gratification of the senses; indulgence of the appetites; not spiritual or intellectual; carnal, worldly.  

The least physical stimulus to which an individual responds. The minimal stimulus for any sensory receptor that will give rise to a sensation.  

According to the Atkinson and Shiffrin model of memory, a store that retains raw information for a very brief period of time. The first stage of information processing.  

A seizure that is characterized by visual, auditory, gustatory, olfactory, or emotional sensations.  

A system of memory storage in which material is held for a second or so in its original, unprocessed, sensory form.  

The receiving sites at which stimuli enter the body. Sensory modalities. A cell which senses a change in the surrounding environment, e.g. cold or pressure, and reacts to it by sending out an impulse through the nervous system. A sensory nerve ending, a cell or group of cells, or a sense organ that when stimulated…

One aspect of projection areas motor projection areas.  

A peripheral nerve that conducts impulses from a sense organ to the central nervous system. A nerve which registers a sensation such as heat, taste or smell and carries impulses to the brain and spinal cord. Nerve that conducts impulses from the periphery of the body (e.g., from sense organs) to the brain or spinal…