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  2. Sound symbolism - Wikipedia

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    An ideophone is "a member of an open lexical class of marked words that depict sensory imagery". [4] Unlike onomatopoeia, an ideophone refers to words that depict any sensory domain, such as vision or touch. Examples are Korean mallang-mallang 말랑말랑 'soft' and Japanese kira-kira キラキラ 'shiny'.

  3. Imagery - Wikipedia

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    There are five major types of sensory imagery, each corresponding to a sense, feeling, action, or reaction: Visual imagery pertains to graphics, visual scenes, pictures, or the sense of sight. Auditory imagery pertains to sounds, noises, music, or the sense of hearing. (This kind of imagery may come in the form of onomatopoeia).

  4. Sensory memory - Wikipedia

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    For example, children have been shown to remember specific "sweet" tastes during incidental learning trials but the nature of this gustatory store is still unclear. [3] However, sensory memories might be related to a region of the thalamus , which serves as a source of signals encoding past experiences in the neocortex .

  5. Hyposensitivity - Wikipedia

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    Hyposensitivity, also known as Sensory under-responsitivity, refers to abnormally decreased sensitivity to sensory input. Hyposensitivity is especially common for autistic people and is more often seen in children than adults and adolescents due to masking. Those experiencing this have a harder time stimulating their senses than normally.

  6. Mouthfeel - Wikipedia

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    Uniformity: The degree to which the sample is even throughout or the homogeneity of the sample; Uniformity of bite: The evenness of force throughout the bite; Uniformity of chew: The degree to which the chewing characteristics of the product are even throughout mastication; Viscosity: The force required to draw a liquid from a spoon over the tongue

  7. File:Sensory Systems.pdf - Wikipedia

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  8. Sensory - Wikipedia

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    Sensory ecology, how organisms obtain information about their environment; Sensory neuron, nerve cell responsible for transmitting information about external stimuli; Sensory perception, the process of acquiring and interpreting sensory information; Sensory receptor, a structure that recognizes external stimuli

  9. Sensory phenomena - Wikipedia

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    Sensory phenomena are associated with Tourette syndrome and tic disorders, and defined as "uncomfortable feelings or sensations preceding tics that usually are relieved by the movement". [9] The tics of Tourette's are temporarily suppressible and preceded by a premonitory urge [10] which is similar to the need to sneeze or scratch an itch.