(Created page with '{{ClinPsy}} '''Stereognosis''' is the ability to perceive the form of an object by using the sense of touch. This sense, along with tactile spatial acuity, [[vibration percep…') |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{ClinPsy}} |
{{ClinPsy}} |
||
| + | {{Expert}}} |
||
| − | '''Stereognosis''' is the ability to perceive the form of an object by using the sense of [[touch]]. This sense, along with tactile spatial acuity, [[vibration perception]], [[texture discrimination]] and [[proprioception]], are mediated by the [[posterior column-medial lemniscus pathway]] of the [[central nervous system]]. Stereognosis is a higher cerebral associative cortical function.<ref>{{cite book |
+ | '''Stereognosis''' is an aspect of [[tactual perception]] and is the ability to perceive the form of an object by using the sense of [[touch]]. This sense, along with tactile spatial acuity, [[vibration perception]], [[texture discrimination]] and [[proprioception]], are mediated by the [[posterior column-medial lemniscus pathway]] of the [[central nervous system]]. Stereognosis is a higher cerebral associative cortical function.<ref>{{cite book |
| last = Blumenfield |
| last = Blumenfield |
||
| first = Hal |
| first = Hal |
||
| Line 25: | Line 26: | ||
| volume = 37 |
| volume = 37 |
||
| number = 1119}}</ref> For other types of [[dementia]], stereognosis does not appear to decline. |
| number = 1119}}</ref> For other types of [[dementia]], stereognosis does not appear to decline. |
||
| + | |||
| + | ==See also== |
||
| + | *[[Haptic perception]] |
||
==References== |
==References== |
||
<references /> |
<references /> |
||
| − | [[Category: |
+ | [[Category:Tactual perception]] |
<!-- |
<!-- |
||
Latest revision as of 16:32, 26 October 2013
Assessment |
Biopsychology |
Comparative |
Cognitive |
Developmental |
Language |
Individual differences |
Personality |
Philosophy |
Social |
Methods |
Statistics |
Clinical |
Educational |
Industrial |
Professional items |
World psychology |
Clinical: Approaches · Group therapy · Techniques · Types of problem · Areas of specialism · Taxonomies · Therapeutic issues · Modes of delivery · Model translation project · Personal experiences ·
}
Stereognosis is an aspect of tactual perception and is the ability to perceive the form of an object by using the sense of touch. This sense, along with tactile spatial acuity, vibration perception, texture discrimination and proprioception, are mediated by the posterior column-medial lemniscus pathway of the central nervous system. Stereognosis is a higher cerebral associative cortical function.[1]:71
The lack of this ability is called astereognosis. It may be caused by disease of the sensory cortex or posterior columns.[2]:632 People suffering from Alzheimer's Disease show a reduction in stereognosis.[3] For other types of dementia, stereognosis does not appear to decline.
See also
References
- ↑ Blumenfield, Hal (2002). Neuroanatomy Through Clinical Cases, Sunderland, MA: Sinauer.
- ↑ (2007) Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, 9th, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
- ↑ F. J. Huff, J. T. Becker, S. H. Belle, R. D. Nebes, A. L. Holland, and F. Boller (1987). Cognitive deficits and clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Neurology 37.
| This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia (view authors). |