The Sensory domain consists of six sub-domains listed below. Full descriptions provided by clicking on respective links.
Sub-domains
Audition: Hearing is an obligatory, ongoing sensory function (i.e., it cannot be turned off) and is the resultant product when acoustic information is processed through three groups of peripheral structures (outer, middle and inner ears) and then subsequently through the central auditory nervous system (brainstem and cortex), to create auditory experience.
Olfaction: The ability to detect odors, to recognize and discriminate odor quality, and to identify the source of odors are primary functions of the olfactory system.
Somatosensation: refers to the detection, discrimination and recognition of body (somato) sensations. Somatosensations include submodalities of touch sensation such as light touch (on the surface of the skin), firm pressure and texture discrimination, proprioception involving sensing the location and movement of body parts, temperature sensation, pain (nociception) and itch.
Taste: Taste perception arises from stimulation of taste receptors which are composed of modified epithelial cells and found most frequently on the papillae of the tongue throughout the oral cavity, on the hard and soft palates, the pharynx, the larynx, the epiglottis and the esophagus.
Vestibular Balance: The vestibular system transduces and processes angular and linear acceleration and deceleration of the head, enabling postural balance, locomotor control, and gaze stabilization, particularly during head movement.
Vision: Unvailable at this time