Re: gluten / TRACI / senses linked to brain

[Guest guest]

Very interesting Debi, I have not got a chance to research this. Thanks for

the information, I am going to do some research on this.

Pennie

Abby's Mom

[Guest guest]

Okay, page 380 of " An Introduction to Brain and Behavior " by

Kolb and Ian Whishaw states:

" The somatosensory system in unique among sensory systems because it

is distributed throughout the body; it is not just localized in the

head as are vision, hearing, taste, and smell. "

I know head and brain are different, but each of them deciphers the

information inside the brain. I couldn't find anything on smell. I

know with vision, the cones and rods in the retina perceive various

parts of vision, and various cells in the tongue process taste.

Maybe the nose doesn't have those specialized cells, but I'm only

guessing.

If you're like me and don't know what somatosensory system is, it's

nocioception (pain and temperature), hapsis (fine touch and

pressure), and proprioception (body awareness).

One other thing that some of us may or may not know, it talked about

a woman with seizure activity who had the diseased section removed

which left her essentially deaf to words. She, however, responded

appropriately when songs were sung to her asking questions. I

thought of our kids. Allie's teacher in the 3 yr old autism class

often sung to the kids rather than speaking. Often times, she got

more response from the singing.

Debi

> > I didnt know that smell was the only sense that is directly

linked

> to the

> > brain. I will have to do some research on that. Very

> interesting.......

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> > Pennie

> > Abby's Mom

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[Guest guest]

When A. was in early intervention, the teachers sometimes used

scents, especially during snack, to try to reach the children. One

little girl in particular was quite calm and focused after the staff

sliced a fragrant lemon. I've heard several OTs say that smell

(would that be an olfactory nerve) is the only sense directly

connected to the brain. Sight, taste, hearing, touch , are all

routed through something else first. I've never researched, though.

> Very interesting Debi, I have not got a chance to research this.

Thanks for

> the information, I am going to do some research on this.

>

> Pennie

> Abby's Mom

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