Touch Perception (Noun)
Meaning
The faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain.
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- The loss of touch perception in her fingertips made it difficult for her to type accurately.
- Researchers studied the neural mechanisms underlying touch perception to better understand how the brain processes sensory information.
- The patient's diminished touch perception made it challenging for her to sense the temperature of objects, often resulting in burns.
- The somatosensory cortex is responsible for processing touch perception, allowing us to feel sensations such as pressure and vibration.
- Newborns rely heavily on touch perception to explore and understand their environment, as their visual system is still developing.