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Sensing is the present participle of the verb sense. It may also refer to: Myers-Briggs sensing, a cognitive function (measured by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator assessment) that focuses on the tangible and concrete over the abstract and theoretical; Remote sensing a technique used in several scientific fields
Phasic mechanoreceptors are useful in sensing such things as texture or vibrations, whereas tonic receptors are useful for temperature and proprioception among others. Slowly adapting: Slowly adapting mechanoreceptors include Merkel and Ruffini corpuscle end-organs, and some free nerve endings.
The visual system and the somatosensory system are active even during resting state fMRI Activation and response in the sensory nervous system. The sensory nervous system is a part of the nervous system responsible for processing sensory information.
Sensory processing is the process that organizes and distinguishes sensation (sensory information) from one's own body and the environment, thus making it possible to use the body effectively within the environment.
Stimulus modality, also called sensory modality, is one aspect of a stimulus or what is perceived after a stimulus. For example, the temperature modality is registered after heat or cold stimulate a receptor.
In remote sensing, "ground truth" refers to information collected at the imaged location. Ground truth allows image data to be related to real features and materials on the ground. The collection of ground truth data enables calibration of remote-sensing data, and aids in the interpretation and analysis of what is being sensed.
In medicine and anatomy, the special senses are the senses that have specialized organs devoted to them: . vision (the eye); hearing and balance (the ear, which includes the auditory system and vestibular system)
Remote viewing, telesthesia or remote sensing – The ability to see a distant or unseen target using extrasensory perception. [13] Retrocognition or postcognition – The ability to supernaturally perceive past events. [14] Telepathy – The ability to transmit or receive thoughts supernaturally. [15]