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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…

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…