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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Tactile sensitivity"”.
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THE NECK AS A POTENTIAL SITE FOR VESTIBULAR TACTILE SENSORY SUBSTITUTION
… the neck could be used a site for vestibular-to-tactile sensory substitution, two experiments were performed to take an in-depth look of the tactile sensitivity of the neck and how it responds to vibrotactile stimuli. Experiment 1 explored how participants respond to a vibrotactile neck device, …
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The effects of blindness on tactile and auditory perception in rats
… people gain, relative to normal people, in their sensitivity to other sensory modalities. Although supported only by equivocal evidence, this position probably first appeared in mythology in early Greek literature. Oedipus Rex was attributed greater awareness of people’s nature after this …
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Pediatric feeding problems related to tactile defensiveness: a case study
… to a child with a severe feeding disorder and tactile sensitivity different activities related to food in an attempt to increase the child's acceptance of new foods. After a baseline assessment, the child and his parents participated in a 12-week intervention that included at least one new …
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On the application and generation of subsensory electrical nerve stimulation for the improvement of vibration perception in patients with HIV-related sensory neuropathy
… Previously, SENS has shown promise to improve tactile sensitivity in healthy populations and elderly individuals with peripheral neuropathic desensitisation. This work first establishes if SENS can improve the peripheral sensitivity of patients with HIV-PN, and secondly addresses practical …
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One step ahead: Investigating the influence of prior knowledge on the perception of others’ actions
… momentum paradigm, as well as a cross-modal visuotactile paradigm were employed to test the hypothesis that people’s perceptual processes while observing the actions of others would be affected by such top-down cues about the actor’s intentions. We found, first, that people overestimate other …
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The role of cortical layer six in the perception and laminar representation of sensory change
… L6 drive reduced sensory gain and impaired tactile sensitivity. These results show an explicit laminar encoding of stimulus changes, and that L6 can play a role in the perception of sensory changes by modulating responses depending on previous, or expected input. This finding provides a new …
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Feasibility of Anxiety Assessment for Children with Minimally-Verbal Autism
… many children scoring too high on a measure of tactile sensitivity to attempt this data collection. Future studies should more carefully assess demand for this kind of assessment, as well as collect more data on the psychometric properties of such as measure.
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Neuropathology and sensitivity in the keratoconic cornea
… central CTT and indicates that CTT increases (sensitivity reduces) as the cornea steepens. Corneal surface irregularityq as measured by mire image distortion, correlated positively with central CTT as did corneal scarring. Central CTT did not show a relationship with duration of the disease nor …
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Ear Reconstruction. Clinical and physiological evaluations.
… the skin depends on a functioning alert system: sensitivity to touch, heat and cold. However, the process of ear reconstruction necessarily includes surgical trauma that endangers these protective systems. The blood supply of the skin cover is also impaired during the different reconstructive …
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Touching Autism Spectrum Disorder: Somatosensory Abnormalities in Shank3b and Cntnap2 Mouse Models
… criteria for autism. Among the sensory defects, tactile abnormalities represent a very common finding impacting the life of autistic individuals. It has been shown how abnormal responses to tactile stimuli not only correlate with the diagnosis of autism but also predict its severity. Indeed …
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Η επίδραση της άσκησης με μαστίχα στα επί μέρους τμήματα του στοματογναθικού συστήματος
… ON THE MASTICATORY SYSTEM, THE BITE FORCE, THE TACTILE SENSIBILITY AND THE CHEWING EFFICIENCY AND IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT CHEWING EXERCISES HAVE AN EFFECT ON THESTOMATOGNATHIC SYSTEM AND ON ITS PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS BOTH IN SHORT AND LONG TERM PERSPECTIVE. 1. DYSFUNCTION SYMPTOMS INCREASED …