sensory

UK/ˈsɛn.sə.ɹi/US/ˈsɛn.sə.ɹi/

adjectiveB2+Common in everyday speech and writing · #8,115 of 15,258leans written

Sensory means to do with the senses and what they take in. Sensory overload, sensory deprivation, sensory processing.

Sensory overload is now widely understood, particularly around autism, where too much noise and light at once becomes unbearable rather than merely unpleasant. A sensory room is a quiet space built to reduce exactly that.

Definitions of sensory

1adjectivesensoryTo do with the senses and what they take in.B2+
“Babies learn about the world through sensory experiences like touching, tasting and listening.”

sensory is a quality.

Where it comes from

From sense + -ory.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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sensory in the wild

Another classification groups only the sensory fibers into four categories: Type I, Type II, Type III, and Type IV.
Axon
All perception involves signals that go through the nervous system, which in turn result from physical or chemical stimulation of the sensory system.
Perception
Human and other animal brains are structured in a modular way, with different areas processing different kinds of sensory information.
Perception
An illusion is a distortion of the senses, which can reveal how the mind normally organizes and interprets sensory stimulation.
Illusion
The term illusion refers to a specific form of sensory distortion.
Illusion

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