PHYSIOLOGY
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
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stimuli
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integration
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sensory input
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motor output
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sensory integration is the process by which we receive information through our senses, organize this information, and use it to participate in everyday activities.
Detailed explanation-2: -There are the ones we know – sight (visual), taste (gustatory), touch (tactile), hearing (auditory), and smell (olfactory). The three we’re not so familiar with are vestibular (balance), proprioceptive (movement) and interoceptive (internal). Let’s take a closer look at all eight sensory systems…
Detailed explanation-3: -The term “sensory integration” refers to the processing, integration, and organisation of sensory information from the body and the environment. Simply put, this means how we experience, interpret and react to (or ignore) information coming from our senses.
Detailed explanation-4: -The five senses-sight, taste, touch, hearing and smell – collect information about our environment that are interpreted by the brain. We make sense of this information based on previous experience (and subsequent learning) and by the combination of the information from each of the senses.