Contact, Attention, and Reception

exteroception, proprioception, interoception

List the forms of sensory contact

Harmony of the Three

harmony between an object, the experience, and a human sense faculty - comes together to make up contact

long spatial circuit

refers to objects that are further away (ex: seeing far away object out a window)

short spatial circuit

refers to closer object (ex: touching a table)

pressure sensations, temperature, and nerve sensations (electrical, tingling, numb)

What are the things we use to describe proprioception?

sense faculty

These are the senses, such as touch, smell, and sight

object

This is what is being sensed

experience

This is the adjective that describes the object

attention

makes a form of contact (or other mental activity) conscious

reception

all forms of contact are pleasant or painful based on how we receive contact (pleasure or pain)

pleasure

we want it to continue

painful

we want it to stop