Processing internal sensations Interoception refers to the sensory information that the brain receives internally from the body. These sensory messages come from our organs and internal receptors. They let our brain know about [...]
People often use the terms 'Sensory Integration' (SI) and 'Sensory Processing' to refer to the same theory. Dr A. Jean Ayres first published her first book on sensory integration theory in 1972. She was [...]
Hearing is an essential sense! Our hearing sense, or auditory sense, is a sense everyone has typically heard of. It responds to noises in the environment. These noises, or sound waves, travel through [...]
Sensory processing and the touch sense Our touch sense, or tactile sense, is a sense that most people are familiar with. It is one of the five senses you would have been taught [...]
Proprioception - our sixth sense Proprioception is the awareness of how our muscles are moving. It is essential to help the brain to know where the body and limbs are in space. It [...]
Its supports much more than balance! When most people think about the vestibular sense, they think about balance. However, there is much more to the story. In this post you will discover that [...]