SENSORIUM

Sensorium

A sensorium is the sum of an organism's perception, the "seat of sensation" where it experiences and interprets the environments within which it lives. The term originally entered English from the Late Latin in the mid-17th century, from the stem sens- . In earlier use it referred, in a broader sense, to the brain as the mind's organ . In medical, psychological, and physiological discourse it has come to refer to the total character of the unique and changing sensory environments perceived by individuals. These include the sensation, perception, and interpretation of information about the world around us by using faculties of the mind such as ...

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sensorium

Noun

  1. All the sensory apparatus of an organism
  2. The central part of a nervous system that receives and coordinates all stimuli


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