Plotting Sensation Stories: Affect and Intuition in Short Sensation Fiction

The amygdala between sensation and affect: a role in pain

The amygdala is a structure of the temporal lobe thought to be involved in assigning emotional significance to environmental information and triggering adapted physiological, behavioral and affective responses. A large body of literature in animals and human implicates the amygdala in fear. Pain having a strong affective and emotional dimension, the amygdala, especially its central nucleus (CeA...

Is Yoga effective in well-being sensation?

Introduction: Yoga means unity of body and mind which has been as traditional medicine in the East for 3-5 thousands years and recently it is utilized as a complementary/alternative medicine in the West. Many surveys have been undertaken to evaluate the physiologic function and positive effects of yoga in physical, mental and social health. Methods: This semi-experimental study was conducted ...

Worm sensation!

Mechanosensation plays a pivotal role in many aspects of pain pathology, yet the mammalian molecular transduction apparatus responsible for this sensory modality remains unknown. In January's edition of Nature Neuroscience, O'Hagan, Chalfie and Goodman [1] have provided direct electrophysiological evidence that somatic mechanotransduction in C. elegans is mediated by a complex of proteins previ...

Experiencing Sensation and Perception

Cutaneous Sensation

ORTHOPAEDICS. By J. Crawford Adams, M.D., M.S., F.R.C.S. (Pp. 476; figs. 361. 40s.). Edinburgh & London: E. & S. Livingstone, 1967. THEi first edition of this book appeared in 1956, so that the appearance of this sixth edition means there has been a new edition every two years. Not only does this show very energetic re-writing by the author, but it points most effectively to the immense popular...