enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Sensory loss - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_loss

    Anosmia is the inability to perceive odor, or in other words a lack of functioning olfaction.Many patients may experience unilateral or bilateral anosmia. A temporary loss of smell can be caused by a blocked nose or infection. In contrast, a permanent loss of smell may be caused by death of olfactory receptor neurons in the nose or by brain injury in which there is damage to the

  3. Sensory processing disorder - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_processing_disorder

    Sensory processing disorder is present in many people with dyspraxia, autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Individuals with SPD may inadequately process visual , auditory , olfactory (smell), gustatory (taste), tactile (touch), vestibular (balance), proprioception (body awareness), and interoception ...

  4. Affective sensation - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affective_sensation

    Affective sensory information is transmitted via the spinothalamic tract.The sensation information is then accompanied by a compulsion to act. For instance, the bottom-up approach would have an itch accompanied by the need to scratch, and a painful stimulus inducing the desire to withdraw from the pain.

  5. Sensory overload - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_overload

    Sensory overload occurs when one or more of the body's senses experiences over-stimulation from the environment. There are many environmental elements that affect an individual. Examples of these elements are urbanization, crowding, noise, mass media, and technology. [1] [2] [3] [4]

  6. How losing your sense of smell affects breathing patterns and ...

    www.aol.com/study-gives-insight-loss-smell...

    Losing or not having your sense of smell may be linked to changes in breathing that could lead to depression, social isolation or other mental health problems, a new study suggests.

  7. Agnosia - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnosia

    Agnosia is a neurological disorder characterized by an inability to process sensory information. Often there is a loss of ability to recognize objects, persons, sounds, shapes, or smells while the specific sense is not defective nor is there any significant memory loss. [1]

  8. List of neurological conditions and disorders - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_neurological...

    This is a list of major and frequently observed neurological disorders (e.g., Alzheimer's disease), symptoms (e.g., back pain), signs (e.g., aphasia) and syndromes (e.g., Aicardi syndrome). There is disagreement over the definitions and criteria used to delineate various disorders and whether some of these conditions should be classified as ...

  9. Dysgeusia - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysgeusia

    The distortion in the sense of taste is the only symptom, and diagnosis is usually complicated since the sense of taste is tied together with other sensory systems. Common causes of dysgeusia include chemotherapy , asthma treatment with albuterol , and zinc deficiency .