| LC control no. | sh 85136234 |
|---|---|
| LC classification | BF275 Psychology QP451 Physiology |
| Topical heading | Touch |
| Variant(s) | Feeling (Touch) Haptic sense Haptic touch Haptics Tactile perception Tactile sense Tactual perception Touch sense Touching |
| See also | Somesthesia |
| Found in | Black, S.W. Touching, 2024: pp. 4-5 (sense of touch; touch is one of our five senses) Everything you need to know about the touch sense, via Griffin Occupational Therapy website, Aug. 1, 2023 (the touch sense; our touch, or tactile sense; three different types of touch: light touch, discriminative touch and touch pressure) Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy, via WWW, Aug. 1, 2023 (Touch; the sense of touch is one of the central forms of perceptual experience; touch is a fundamental form of non-visual perception; What we typically refer to as "the sense of touch" is what we will call "active" or "haptic" touch. This refers to touch that involves some movement ... In most cases, haptic touch will involve the engagement of kinesthesis (awareness of movement) and proprioception (awareness of bodily position). Some apply the term "haptic" for any touch that involves the activation of (the physiologically and functionally distinct) kinesthetic or proprioceptive systems. Touch mediated entirely through the skin will be referred to as "cutaneous touch." The term "tactual" will be used as a broad term to refer to any form of touch experience (so it's used in the same way that "auditory" and "olfactory" are used for hearing and smell) |
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