The Understanding of Temperature Cognition and Thermal Sensation

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10.2991/ifeesm-15.2015.204How to use a DOI?

Keywords

temperature sensitive; sensor; thermal sensation; model

Abstract

Relying on the thermosenstors scattering in the skin, people are capable of detecting the thermal stimuli to protect themselves from the damage of hazardous environmental factors. Temperature sensitive sensors can be divided into two classes: innocuous thermosensors (warm or cool) and noxious thermonociceptors (hot or cold). Main thermosensors belonged to the transient receptor Potential (TRP) cation channel family. Thermo TRPs respond to distinct thermal thresholds, and their responding mechanism is useful to make the thermal sensation be well understood at the molecular level. Considering that the thermal sensors played vital role in the practical process of temperature perception, some researchers tried to link the temperature traits of thermal sensors with thermal sensation and develop new index for assessing thermal sensation. The evaluation models of thermal sensation that combined the thermosensitive characteristics of sensors with heat transfer occurring in skin tissue were introduced in this paper.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Jiaolin Wang
AU  - Wei Xu
PY  - 2015/09
DA  - 2015/09
TI  - The Understanding of Temperature Cognition and Thermal Sensation
BT  - Proceedings of the 2015 International Forum on Energy, Environment Science and Materials
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1105
EP  - 1109
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ifeesm-15.2015.204
DO  - 10.2991/ifeesm-15.2015.204
ID  - Wang2015/09
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