Category: S

Vision, hearing, taste, touch, and smell. The pathways for stimuli to register in the brain.  

That part of the peripheral nervous system that transmits messages from receptors toward the central nervous system.  

The process by which the nervous system translates various aspects of the stimulus into dimensions of a person’s sensory experience.  

Techniques that help people tune into their feelings and sensations, e.g., sensate focus, in order to open new ways of experiencing and expressing.  

The decline in sensitivity found in most sensory systems after continuous exposure to the same stimulus.  

Structures in the nervous system found in the eyes, ears, nose, and skin that transmit messages to the brain relative to environmental conditions or stimuli.  

A hearing loss resulting from an abnormal sense organ (inner ear) and a damaged auditory nerve. Decreased ability to perceive sound due to damage to the hair cells in the cochlea. Hearing loss caused by permanent or temporary damage to the sensory cells or nerve fibers of the inner ear. Hearing loss occurs as a…

The development of allergic reactions to particular products or substances. Acquired reaction in which antibodies develop in response to an antigen. A person’s first exposure to an allergen or other foreign substance, such as an infectious agent. Sensitization leads to an immune response that can produce the symptoms of allergies, a process also called allergic…

The process of learning to be increasingly sensitive to a stimulus, often the feelings and emotions of others. A form of group therapy in which individuals are given the opportunity to relate verbally and physically with complete candor and honesty with other members of the group. The goals of therapy are to increase self-awareness, learn…