a person's ability to make fine spatial judgements with the skin senses by discriminating light touch sensations that stimulate the cutaneous receptors. Also called epicritic sensibility.
GNOSTIC FUNCTION: "Gnostic function is a touch sense."
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "GNOSTIC FUNCTION," in PsychologyDictionary.org, May 11, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/gnostic-function/ (accessed August 10, 2022).
