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    The document discusses various factors that influence thermal sensation and temperature perception thresholds. It explains that the skin can adapt to constant temperatures without sensing stimulation. Absolute thresholds are the smallest detectable changes in temperature and can be as small as 0.003°C or 0.004°C, depending on adaptation temperature. Rate of temperature change and vasoconstriction can also impact absolute thresholds. Spatial summation occurs over about 60 cm2 for warm stimuli, and bilateral summation has been reported for warm and cool sensations. Temporal summation adds effects of multiple brief stimuli. Paradoxical sensations like feeling cold when entering hot water can also occur.

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    The document discusses various factors that influence thermal sensation and temperature perception thresholds. It explains that the skin can adapt to constant temperatures without sensing stimulation. Absolute thresholds are the smallest detectable changes in temperature and can be as small as 0.003°C or 0.004°C, depending on adaptation temperature. Rate of temperature change and vasoconstriction can also impact absolute thresholds. Spatial summation occurs over about 60 cm2 for warm stimuli, and bilateral summation has been reported for warm and cool sensations. Temporal summation adds effects of multiple brief stimuli. Paradoxical sensations like feeling cold when entering hot water can also occur.

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    The document discusses various factors that influence thermal sensation and temperature perception thresholds. It explains that the skin can adapt to constant temperatures without sensing stimulation. Absolute thresholds are the smallest detectable changes in temperature and can be as small as 0.003°C or 0.004°C, depending on adaptation temperature. Rate of temperature change and vasoconstriction can also impact absolute thresholds. Spatial summation occurs over about 60 cm2 for warm stimuli, and bilateral summation has been reported for warm and cool sensations. Temporal summation adds effects of multiple brief stimuli. Paradoxical sensations like feeling cold when entering hot water can also occur.

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    The document discusses various factors that influence thermal sensation and temperature perception thresholds. It explains that the skin can adapt to constant temperatures without sensing stimulation. Absolute thresholds are the smallest detectable changes in temperature and can be as small as 0.003°C or 0.004°C, depending on adaptation temperature. Rate of temperature change and vasoconstriction can also impact absolute thresholds. Spatial summation occurs over about 60 cm2 for warm stimuli, and bilateral summation has been reported for warm and cool sensations. Temporal summation adds effects of multiple brief stimuli. Paradoxical sensations like feeling cold when entering hot water can also occur.

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    The physiological Zero

    Thermal sensations adapt when a constant skin temperature is maintained.


    Variety of ranges between authors Kenshalo and Scott (1966) follow, the temporal course of adaptation by gradually increasing or decreasing the temperature. 29C 39C.

    The physiological Zero

    Possibility to change skin temperature up to the limits of physiological zero without producing a thermal sensation.

    Absolute threshold
    Its the lowest level of stimulation that a person can detect Factors:

    The

    type of measurement Skin temperature Rate of the stimulus temperature change* Size of the area stimulated Duration of the stimulus Relative peripheral cutaneous vasoconstriction. *

    Absolute threshold

    Smallest absolute thresholds reported: (increase) +T of 0,003C and (decrease) -T of 0,004C


    The temperature to which the skin is adapted determines the sensation experienced when T occurs.

    Absolute thresholds
    Thus
    The

    warm thresholds increases when the skin is adapted to low temperatures. cool thresholds increases when the skin is adapted to high temperatures.

    The

    Absolute thresholds.

    Rate of the stimulus temperature change: It also can modify both absolute thresholds.

    The effect of the rate of warming and cooling is closely related to the adaptation process.

    Absolute threshold
    Cutaneous vasoconstriction: When appears a peripheral vasoconstriction, usually the cool threshold increases.

    Spatial factors for Warm.

    Errors of localization of warm stimuli applied to the forearm have been found to be from 65 to 100% greater than those tactile stimuli.

    This shows that the skin has little if any, spatial acuity for warm stimuli.

    The Spatial summation

    Sensory summation that involves stimulation of several spatially separated neurons at the same time.

    E.g: 60 cm^2 represents the area limit over with full spatial summation may occur for threshold warm stimuli. Bilateral spatial summation: It also has been reported for warm and cool.

    Temporal summation

    Sensory summation that involves the addition of single stimuli over a short period of time.

    Paradoxical Thermal and Heat Sensations

    Paradoxical cold: The momentary confusion of cold and hot that occurs when the hand or foot is suddenly plunged into hot water.

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