exteroceptive
/ˌɛkstərə(ʊ)ˈsɛptɪv
/adjective Physiology
Relating to stimuli that are external to an organism. Compare with interoceptive.In addition, he assigned a primary role to positive reinforcement by avoidance - response-produced stimuli and/or by exteroceptive stimuli that are contingent on the avoidance response....
- During those sessions in which a switch in reinforcer type occurred at the midpoint of the session, no exteroceptive stimulus accompanied the switch.
- The multitude of other mechanoreceptors act mainly as proprioceptors although some encode both proprioceptive and exteroceptive information.
Derivatives
exteroception
- The neuroanatomical studies indicate that NO-cGMP signaling is involved in modalities as diverse as vision, olfaction, taste, hearing, and tactile exteroception.
- Interoception, the perception of stimuli inside the body, and exteroception, the perception of stimuli outside the body, fill the gap beneath data and divide Maslows physiological needs.
- One of the most obvious aspects of Leib is exteroception.
exteroceptivity
- Thus exteroceptivity demands that stimuli be given a shape; the consciousness of the body invades the body, the soul spreads over all its parts, and behaviour overspills its central sector.
- Exteroceptivity can only be exercised in collaboration with interoceptivity.
Origin
Early 20th century: probably a blend of exterior or external and receptive.