Mental Process
touch perception
touch per·cep·tion
Subclass of:
Perception
Definitions related to touch perception:
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The process by which the nature and meaning of tactile stimuli are recognized and interpreted by the brain, such as realizing the characteristics or name of an object being touched.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(sensory perception of touch) The series of events required for an organism to receive a touch stimulus, convert it to a molecular signal, and recognize and characterize the signal. This is a neurological process. The perception of touch in animals is mediated by mechanoreceptors in the skin and mucous membranes and is the sense by which contact with objects gives evidence as to certain of their qualities. Different types of touch can be perceived (for example, light, coarse, pressure and tickling) and the stimulus may be external or internal (e.g. the feeling of a full stomach).Gene Ontology DictionaryGene Ontology Consortium, 2021
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