thermoception

Definitions

The sense of heat and cold: the ability of humans, and many other organisms, to perceive temperature.

uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“[…] a region which has been shown to be involved in a variety of interoceptive modalities like⟳ thermoception, visceral sensations, thirst and hunger.”

“Aristotle failed to specify⟳ proprioception (the sense⟳ of how our body parts are positioned in space relative to one another), equilibrioception (the sense⟳ of linear acceleration and head position), thermoception (the sense⟳ of heat and cold) and nociception (the sense⟳ of pain).”

“The frog, with its selective eye for instantly usable information; the pit viper, with its thermoception, which at night can sense⟳ the blood temperature of its prey; the common house fly⟳, which equilibrates its flight with two cilia—these have⟳ supplied a new species of engineers with models.”

CEFR level