Sensory deprivation

According to the Martha Rogers theory, a nursing theorist, human is an open system interacting with environment. The main factor in this interaction is sensory system (1). The sensory system is vital for living, human growth and development and makes events in the environment meaningful (2). Health care systems are unknown places in terms of appearance, sound and odor. In these environment there is a limited contact with family and friends. Touching is also limited. Patients have environmental constraints and sensory inputs have no specific meaning because their normal pattern has been removed. Therefore, hospitalization in such systems can leads to sensory deprivation (3). Sensory deprivation is one of the threatening side effect of intensive care unit. This occurs when sensory input decreases or sensory impulse is not set and seems meaningless. These have negative effect on neurons recovery process. In many studies, unknown places, patients isolation and being apart from the family members is the main cause of sensory deprivation and anxiety for patients at ICU. In other word, the main cause of sensory deprivation in these patients is removing the pattern and meaning from sensory input experienced by patients due to the unknown environments (3, 5, 6, 7). Anesthetized patients have reduced ability for responding to…

Psychological research has been conducted on the use of sensory deprivation techniques since the early 1930s (Raz, 2013). Throughout the years, research has shifted from studies funded by military intelligence agencies to discover interrogation and brainwashing techniques to therapeutic uses for relaxation and pain relief (Raz, 2013; Bood et al., 2006). Sensory deprivation can be defined as any method that limits the; subject’s ability to input any stimuli related to touch, taste, smell, sound…

theories, Propp and Jung’s. Each of these has similar roles. Propp’s Theory has: The hero, villain, helper, mentor/donor, blocker/false hero, prize/princess and the dispatcher. Jung’s theory has more roles, but the roles are similar to Propp’s. In this episode archetypes are used constantly, an example of this is Mr Clarke (the schools science teacher), who acts as a donor. A donor is someone who gives the hero vital information or equipment that will help them in their quest. When Eleven needed…

very first time the author includes the corpulent female on the elevator with the main character. The woman did not stand next to Martin while riding the elevator, she stared at Martin dead in the face for every second of the transportation. This scene displays how petrified Martin is of the thick-built woman. “... clenching his teeth, fighting the impulse to squeeze his eyes shut against her” (Sleator 28). Martin is so disturbed by the woman’s actions that he shows it through his demeanor. The…

is a horror writer, buys a painting on his way home. The paint is painted by a genius who killed himself after he burned all his paintings except this one. As Kinnell drives north towards his home, he found that some details in the painting have been changing. At first he dismisses them, but he then realizes that the man in the painting has been following him somehow. He tried to destroy the paint by discarding or burning it, but the painting keeps following him and shows up in the wall of his…

Humans have five basic senses: hearing, vision, smell, taste, and touch. The definition of a “sense” is “any system that consists of a group of sensory cell types that respond to a specific physical phenomenon and corresponds to a particular group of regions within the brain where the signals are received and interpreted.” In this paper I will be taking about sensory deprivation which is the lessening or complete loss of senses. I will discuss what hearing, vision, smell, taste, and touch is and…

The way we sense things is how we perceive the world around us, and to also make sense of it all. The sensory organs I chose to explain are the nose, tongue, and ears and how they connect to the brain for our perception. As we inhale the scent of something, the molecules reach the receptor cells high in both nasal cavities. Then the axons from millions of these receptors carry nerve impulses directly to the olfactory bulb. The olfactory bulb is the smell center of the brain. From there, records…

I participated in the senses challenge supplied by the British Broadcasting Company to test my abilities and regards to my main sensory modalities. I achieved 100%, my first try, on the test. I was not surprised by the fact of my grade as the test was easy for me. The easiness isn 't due to the inability to accurately conduct the senses challenge online or the gullibility of the test taker but due to the fact I was raised in a sensory enhancing environment. The North Dakota environment…

Looking at somatic psychology from a structural level, somatic psychology is uniquely positioned to offer an understanding of the way in which an individual adjusts as a ‘normal citizen’ and how this contributes to the reproduction of the cultural and socioeconomic system within which he or she becomes adjusted (Johnson, 2009). When we conform to prohibitions and inhibitions dictated by our culture, this requires a loss of attention to the voice of our embodied experience. This is where…

Short Story Journal - “Choices” by Susan Kerslake Every professional and amateur writer tends to use imagery to paint a picture, to connect the five senses with the story. The majority of the time it is employ to evoke emotion, mood. Authors utilize imagery to get people involved in the story, and to acquire them to reflect. It makes the reader visualized a vivid picture of what the writer is trying to convey. The majority of the people tend to relate as well as to obtain familiarity with the…