What are some of the possible explanations for why phantom limb sensation and pain occur?

What is mirror therapy? How does it work?

Where is the primary somatosensory cortex?

Which parts of the body get the most representation (get "magnified") in the somatosensory cortex?

Match the receptor to the kind of touch stimulation it responds to.

____Merkel receptors A. Vibration, fine texture

____Pacinian corpuscles B. Stretching of skin

____Ruffini cylinders C. Grip control

____Meissner corpuscles D. Fine detail

4. Give an original example of something the average person does that requires high tactile acuity.

5. What does it mean for a mechanoreceptor to be slowly adapting? What does it mean for a mechanoreceptor to be rapidly adapting?

6. In the gate control model, what is the role of nociceptors? What is the role of mechanoreceptors? What is the role of central signals / top-down processing?