Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
Non-vulnerable body parts (NVBP) are the hand, arm, shoulder and upper back, and vulnerable body parts (VBP) are all other body regions. Civil inattention is defined as the polite way to manage interaction with strangers by not engaging in any interpersonal communication or needing to respond to a stranger's touch.
A stone lighthouse was constructed in 1825 on shore at Thomas Point [3] by John Donahoo, Thomas Point Light.It was replaced in 1838 by another stone tower. The point was subject to continuing erosion (which would eventually bring down the lighthouse on the point in 1894), [6] and in 1873 Congress appropriated $20,000 for the construction of a screw-pile structure out in the bay, Thomas Point ...
OneTaste Incorporated is a business primarily dedicated to teaching the practices of orgasmic meditation (OM) and slow sex.While it embraces ideas based in Eastern philosophy, the central focus is a meditation practice around the sensation of a man touching a woman's genitalia. [2]
Haptic perception (Greek: haptόs "palpable", haptikόs "suitable for touch") means literally the ability "to grasp something", and is also known as stereognosis. Perception in this case is achieved through the active exploration of surfaces and objects by a moving subject, as opposed to passive contact by a static subject during tactile perception. [1]
Dysesthesia can generally be described as a class of neurological disorders. It can be further classified depending on where it manifests in the body, and by the type of sensation that it provokes. [citation needed] Cutaneous dysesthesia is characterized by discomfort or pain from touch to the skin by normal stimuli, including clothing.
Mirror-touch synesthesia is a rare condition which causes individuals to experience a similar sensation in the same part or opposite part of the body (such as touch) that another person feels. For example, if someone with this condition were to observe someone touching their cheek , they would feel the same sensation on their own cheek.
Palpation is the process of using one's hands to check the body, especially while perceiving/diagnosing a disease or illness. [1] Usually performed by a health care practitioner, it is the process of feeling an object in or on the body to determine its size, shape, firmness, or location (for example, a veterinarian can feel the stomach of a pregnant animal to ensure good health and successful ...