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spatial discrimination

spatial discrimination Spatial discrimination is the ability to tell apart different places of stimulation on the skin.

Spatial discrimination is the ability to tell apart different places of stimulation on the skin. In this historical source, it is described as less precise for temperature spots than for pressure spots, and less precise for heat spots than for cold spots.

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Drafting source: Baldwin, Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, volume II. 1902 original US edition; OCR SHA-256 b86b5dbbaa0a0b3ecf6c8b0a089a7ca5409b9bac4e6481cba91c99bba16f31bd. “Baldwin, Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, volume II” (philopsych02balduoft:chars-3811500-3823500).
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