Also Known As
AKA Sensory Integration Dysfunction
What is Sensory Processing Disorder?
The vestibular system is the bridge between these two systems.
What are sensory and motor systems?
Where the proprioceptors are located
What are in the muscles, tendons and joints?
Our first language and largest sensory organ are part of this sense.
What is the tactile sense?
A.K.A. Thalamus, Hypothalamus, Amygdala, Hippocampus
What is the Limbic System?
Dysfunction in the vestibular system will result in this system getting started.
What is the nervous system?
Body awareness, grading of movements, postural stability, motor control and motor planning and kinesthesia are functions of this.
What is proprioception?
The greatest amount of tactile receptors are in these 3 areas of the body.
What are the hands, feet and mouth?
A.K.A. gustation
What is the sense of taste?
What is the vestibular nerve?
This is located in the postcentral gyrus area of the brain and contains a representation of the body in the brain.
What is the sensory homunculus?
The tactile system helps us with this vital type of connection.
What are emotional bonds or contact with the outside world?
A.K.A. internal self-awareness
What is laterality?
A person who craves movement by rocking, swinging and jumping, and may present as lethargic and inattentive may have this vestibular variation
What is a hyposensitive vestibular system?
Problems with the proprioceptive system can cause this type of body movements.
What are smooth and fluid movements?
Tactile systems that are frequently in a state of red alert, picky eaters and negatively reacting to light touch may be signs of this tactile trouble.
What is Tactile Hypersensitivity?
A.K.A. difficulty localizing and discriminating touch
What is Tactile Discrimination Difficulty or Tactile Discrimination Deficit?
A person who is very cautious and hesitant to take risks, is prone to car sickness and has gravitational insecurity may be suffering from this vestibular variation.
What is a hypersensitive Vestibular system?
Proprioceptive input can be provided by adding this to movements.
What is weight or resistance?
This tactile trouble might cause fine motor difficulties, accidentally hurting other children during play, unawareness of light touch and constantly touching people/things.
What is tactile hyposensitivity?