Touch Perception
"Touch Perception" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D055698
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F02.463.593.894
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| Concept/Terms |
Touch Perception- Touch Perception
- Perception, Touch
- Perceptions, Touch
- Touch Perceptions
- Tactile Perception
- Perception, Tactile
- Perceptions, Tactile
- Tactile Perceptions
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