Sense of Localization

Sense of localization

**The sense of localization** is one of the highest, central links in the tactile system. This sensation is simple in nature and expresses the degree of illumination of an area of ​​the body along the nerve pathways from skin receptors to the visual hillocks of the brain. In other words, with the help of tactile sensitivity it is possible to distinguish the height or hardness of a surface depending on the touch of the fingers (for example, hot tiles, wood, smooth glass). Unlike skin sensations, which perform the function of body orientation, skin adaptation refers to the acts of creating an image of the body and highlighting the movement of the entire body in space in general and its individual parts in particular. Gaining stability should occur by reducing insensitive areas of the skin and increasing the sensitivity of those areas that are less exposed to physical activity. To describe the musculoskeletal tactile sensitivity of the body, the term kinesthetic sense (muscular-articular) is used, which performs an adjustment function even with motionless skin. It is carried out by contraction and relaxation of muscles and the work of joints at the cellular level of regulation within their environments. The impulses follow their own paths of muscle sensitivity, where the position of the body in the surrounding space, the ongoing change in body position and the level of muscle tone of a particular muscle group involved in the current motor activity are recognized.

Interaction with other senses. The sense of localization begins to form on the basis of the sensations of touch, proprioceptive, vibration, articular and other skin. The response to the sensation of touch enters the brain, which associates this sensation with a specific object or area of ​​skin. A large number of skin receptors, compared to receptors located outside the skin and