GNOSTIC FUNCTION

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N., Pam M.S.
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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."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. SIXTH SENSE
  2. DERMO-OPTICAL PERCEPTION (DOP)
  3. SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS
  4. PHOTISM
  5. BRIGHTNESS DISCRIMINATION
  6. CUTANEOUS SENSE
  7. FORM DISCRIMINATION
  8. CONTACT SENSE
  9. SECONDARY SOMATOSENSORY AREA (S2)
  10. EPICRITIC SYSTEM
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "GNOSTIC FUNCTION," in PsychologyDictionary.org, May 11, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/gnostic-function/ (accessed December 4, 2020).
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