Tactile discrimination

What is tactile discrimination?

Tactile discrimination is the ability to differentiate information through the sense of touch.

What role does somatosensory system play in this?

The somatosensory system is the nervous system pathway that is responsible for this essential survival ability used in adaptation.

What are the types?

• There are various types of tactile discrimination. One of the most well known and most researched is
• two-point discrimination, the ability to differentiate between two different tactile stimuli which are relatively close together.
• Other types of discrimination like graphesthesia and spatial discrimination also exist but are not as extensively researched.

Are there variations in different people?

Tactile discrimination is something that can be stronger or weaker in different people and two major conditions, chronic pain and blindness, can affect it greatly.

Does blindness increase tactile discrimination?

Blindness increases tactile discrimination abilities.

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