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/ˌθɜː(ɹ)məʊˈsɛpʃən/ · noun
(biology) The sense of heat and cold: the ability of humans, and many other organisms, to perceive temperature..
[…] a region which has been shown to be involved in a variety of interoceptive modalities like thermoception, visceral sensations, thirst and hunger.
Aristotle failed to specify proprioception (the sense of how our body parts are positioned in space relative to one another), equilibrioception (the sense of linear acceleration and head position), thermoception (the sense of heat and cold) and nociception (the sense of pain).
The frog, with its selective eye for instantly usable information; the pit viper, with its thermoception, which at night can sense the blood temperature of its prey; the common house fly, which equilibrates its flight with two cilia—these have supplied a new species of engineers with models.
Use thermoception when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Thermoception means (biology) The sense of heat and cold: the ability of humans, and many other organisms, to perceive temperature..
Common synonyms include thermoreception.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] a region which has been shown to be involved in a variety of interoceptive modalities like thermoception, visceral sensations, thirst and hunger.
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