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touch sensation

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Noun1.touch sensation - the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skintouch sensation - the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin; "she likes the touch of silk on her skin"; "the surface had a greasy feeling"
tactile sensation, tactual sensation, feeling, touch
perception - the process of perceiving
creepiness - an uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on your skin
cutaneous sensation, haptic sensation, skin sensation - a sensation localized on the skin
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The scientists found that when objects were brushed against the whiskers, the robot brain learned how to interpret the whisker movement according to its direction, mimicking the function of how a real brain understands touch sensations.
Future robots could have fingertips more sensitive than ours by Asian News International
A neurological examination of the operated leg revealed reduced 2-point discrimination (using an aesthesiometer), pain (using needle pin-prick), and light touch sensation (using Semmes-Weinstein monofilaments), when compared with the other leg.
Postoperative fall after the use of the 3-in-1 femoral nerve block ... by H D E Atkinson and I Hamid and C M Gupte and R C Russell and J M Handy / Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery
The nerve endings allow for touch sensation and communicate with the brain through the nervous system.
What Is Skin? by Eric Hartwell / Food/cooking/nutrition community
 
 
 
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