tactile stimulation
1tactile — [[t]tæ̱ktaɪl, AM t(ə)l[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If you describe someone as tactile, you mean that they tend to touch other people a lot when talking to them. I am a very tactile person. My father in law is always very surprised when I kiss him on both… …
2tactile — [ taktil ] adj. • 1541; lat. tactilis 1 ♦ Didact. Qui est perçu par le toucher. Corps tactile. ⇒ palpable. 2 ♦ (1762) Qui concerne le tact. Perceptions tactiles. Zool. Poils tactiles, qui chez certains animaux servent au tact (ex. moustaches du… …
3stimulation — [ stimylasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • déb. XVe ; lat. stimulatio 1 ♦ Action de stimuler. La stimulation des élèves par la compétitivité. Stimulation de la mémoire, de la créativité. 2 ♦ (1825) Méd. Action des stimulants. ⇒ excitation (cf. Coup de fouet). La… …
4audio-visual-tactile stimulation — the simultaneous rhythmic excitation of the receptors for the senses of hearing, sight, and touch …
5tactile hallucination — Also known as tactile phantasma, haptic hallucination, touch hallucination, and hallucination of touch. The term tactile hallucination is indebted to the Latin verb tangere, which means to touch. It refers to a bodily sensation seemingly… …
6Auto-stimulation — Les comportements d’auto stimulation sont des mouvements répétitifs et stéréotypés qui ne servent aucun but apparent dans l’environnement externe. Ils sont souvent observés chez les enfants ayant des troubles de développement, et plus fréquemment …
7Sensory substitution — means to transform the characteristics of one sensory modality into stimuli of another sensory modality. It is hoped that sensory substitution systems can help handicapped people by restoring their ability to perceive a certain defective sensory… …
8sensory reception, human — Introduction means by which humans react to changes in external and internal environments. Ancient philosophers called the human senses “the windows of the soul,” and Aristotle described at least five senses sight, hearing, smell, taste, and… …
9nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… …
10Reflex — A reaction that is involuntary. The corneal reflex is the blink that occurs with irritation of the eye. The nasal reflex is a sneeze. * * * 1. An involuntary reaction in response to a stimulus applied to the periphery and transmitted to the… …
