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The seat of sensation; the nervous center or centers to which impressions from the external world must be conveyed before they can be perceived; the place where external impressions are localized, and transformed into se…

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  1. n. The seat of sensation; the nervous center or centers to which impressions from the external world must be conveyed before they can be perceived; the place where external impressions are localized, and transformed into sensations, prior to being reflected to other parts of the organism; hence, the whole nervous system, when animated, so far as it is susceptible of common or special sensations.
  2. n. the areas of the brain that process and register incoming sensory information and make possible the conscious awareness of the world
  3. The seat of sensation; the nervous center or centers to which impressions from the external world must be conveyed before they can be perceived; the place where external impressions are localized, and transformed into sensations, prior to being reflected to other parts of the organism; hence, the whole nervous system, when animated, so far as it is susceptible of common or special sensations.
  4. The seat of sensation; the nervous center or centers to whichimpressions from the external world must be conveyed before they canbe perceived; the place where external impressions are localized, andtransformed into sensations, prior to being reflected to other partsof the organism; hence, the whole nervous system, when animated, sofar as it is susceptible of common or special sensations.
  5. n:100 n. the areas of the brain that process and register incoming sensory information and make possible the conscious awareness of the world