Somatosensory system

Our sense of touch is controlled by a huge network of nerve endings and touch receptors in the skin known as the somatosensory system. This system is responsible for all the sensations we feel. Within the somatosensory system, there are four main types of receptors: mechanoreceptors, pain receptors, thermoreceptors, and proprioceptors. Mechanoreceptors decipher sensations such as pressure, vibrations, and texture. The

The somatosensory system is a portion of the nervous system that concerns the reception and perception of environmental and internal stimuli through receptors located around the body. This information manifests as pressure, pain, position, temperature, vibration and movement, and often tells the body of potentially dangerous stimuli (1). Stimuli is perceived externally through touch, called exteroception, and internally through the stimulation of muscles, joints and ligaments as proprioception. Once

that it is passed genetically and through the X chromosome (Blakemore et. al., 2005). Researchers’ wanted to know if patient C’s mirror-touch synesthesia was caused by over activity in the neural system that responds to the observation of touch. They created an MRI experiment to examine the neural system that is involved in the perception of touch (Blakemore et. al., 2005). Researchers’ assembled a group of 12 non-synesthetic control subjects and in patient C. They observed the neural activity when

One may be accused of doing things when they didn’t know better. Lennie was accused of doing bad things when he didn’t know that he wasn’t supposed to. Lennies innocence can be proven through when he touches the girl’s dress, his accidental killing of animals, and his accidental killing of Curley’s wife. Touching things can sometimes get a person into trouble. Lennie accidentally causes a commotion when he touches a girl’s dress. “So he reaches out to feel this red dress an’ the girl lets out a

Admittedly, gestures are inherent elements of the body language. They intensify verbal communication and fulfill a lot of functions in communicating. Gestures explain ambiguous words, descriptions. Also can illustrate a various emotional status: aggression – clenched hands in a fist; fear – touch of face; abashment – scratching; tiredness – rub of the forehead.(Marzena, Kalkowska – Neyman, 3). In which situation we can clearly see gestures? Of course everywhere in the every time. They are around

In Whatever it Takes, by Paul Tough, the couple, Victor and Cheryl, would benefit from resources to parental training and couples counseling. As a couple, Victor and Cheryl have multiple factors that could negatively impact their future child’s development. As young parents, they have little experience on how to raise a child appropriately. They also lack the adequate resources to raise a child as effectively as possible such as: living in a low-income community, not having a stable job, and not

Paul Haggis’s film “Crash”, examines characters’ who’s seemingly diametrically opposed views of racial equality cause them to crash into one another. The characters of Officer Ryan and Officer Hanson played by Matt Dillion and Ryan Phillipe are affected when the crash provides them with introspection into to their own prejudice behaviors. The crash breaks up skewed fragments of their beliefs, ideas, and perceptions. Literally, crash means to move with force and speed into an object or obstacle followed

John Steinbeck describes Curley’s wife as a woman who brings darkness into man's life as she is being sexualized and heavily objectified through the story. Not to mention that there are many factors that portrayed Curley’s wife as the villain in the book or considered as the character that causes all the problems as she creates tension among characters especially Lennie. All of her appearances cause the reader to dislike her and be the downfall of men. The author uses this to prepare us for the death

Prompt 1 Apart from meeting the basic components of fitness including flexibility, muscle strength, and cardio-respiratory endurance, the complementary movement therapies such as yoga, tai chi, and chi gung support health and wellness. Choose one of the complementary movement therapies and discuss how it supports health and wellness. Cite sources from the readings or online library. Tai Chi is about “creating a balance between the mind, body, and nature, while encouraging a heightened state of health

We started off with a chaste kiss, and I have to say, kissing his lips once again was one of the best feelings in the world. I started to deepen it, loving the way his lips seemed to roll against my own, and I realized as well that this was definitely the right feeling as well. I know for a fact that this is the right thing that we both needed. He then pulled away, smiling at me. “Let me take you out on holiday. You deserve it,” he said. I blushed, realizing that this was happening. I couldn’t