[…] a region which has been shown to be involved in a variety of interoceptive modalities like thermoception, visceral sensations, thirst and hunger.
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Thermoception
//ˌθɜː(ɹ)məʊˈsɛpʃən//
Synonyms for "thermoception" (2 found)
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9 translations across 5 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- lämpötila-aisti noun (sense of heat and cold)
German
3 entries- Temperatursinn noun (sense of heat and cold)
- Thermorezeption noun (sense of heat and cold)
- Thermozeption noun (sense of heat and cold)
Italian
1 entries- termocezione noun (sense of heat and cold)
Polish
2 entries- termorecepcja noun (sense of heat and cold)
- zmysł temperatury noun (sense of heat and cold)
Russian
2 entries- термоцепция noun (sense of heat and cold)
- чу́вство температуры noun (sense of heat and cold)
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Aristotle failed to specify proprioception (the sense of how our body parts are positioned in space relative to one another), equilibrioception (the sense of linear acceleration and head position), thermoception (the sense of heat and cold) and nociception (the sense of pain).
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The frog, with its selective eye for instantly usable information; the pit viper, with its thermoception, which at night can sense the blood temperature of its prey; the common house fly, which equilibrates its flight with two cilia—these have supplied a new species of engineers with models.
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