Week 6- Sensory Processing and Integration Flashcards
Our sensory system consists of seven areas which work in a _________ feedback loop to regulate and make sense of sensory information in order to function
Continuous
The brain’s ability to organize sensory input for use in functional behaviors
Sensory integration
Deficits lie in the _________, __________, and __________ response to sensory information
Perception
Organization
Coordinated
True or false: Sensory processing and integration is important for every aspect of human function
True
Sensory _________ and _________ is part of human development. ___________ do not develop independently of sensory experiences and perception.
Processing
Integration
Motor skills
True or false: It is not crucial for physical therapists understand in how sensory processing and integration affects movement in order to achieve optimal outcomes for every area of practice
False
Sensory perceptions have connections with _______ (_______ system) and the ___________ causing poor emotional regulation, stress, anxiety and poor self-esteem
Emotion
Limbic
Autonomic nervous system
Sensory-based interventions focus on ________
Tasks
Sensory integration framework focuses on…
How to approach movement/function
True or false: Sensory integration focuses on the whole person
True
True or false: Sensory integration is not applicable to all populations and ages
False
(is applicable)
________ drives ________
Sensory
Motor
Jean Ayres originated the theory of sensory integration to explain the relationship between deficits in interpreting sensation from the ________ and _________ and difficulties with _________ or _________ learning
Body
Environment
Academic
Motor
Sensory processing disorders
-Sensory modulation disorder
-Sensory-based motor disorder
-Sensory discrimination disorder
Information provided by joints and muscles which keeps people oriented to body position in space
Proprioception
Proprioception is both ________ and ________
Conscious
Subconscious
Poor body awareness can result in _________, difficulty with ________, and using too much or little _________.
Clumsiness
Posture
Pressure
True or false: Poor body awareness may result in sensory seeking behaviors, crashing, or excessive roughness or sensory avoidance, unable to predict others’ behavior
True
Movement processing tells you whether the body is moving and in what direction
Vestibular
The vestibular system operates within the _______ and in conjunction with _________
Ear
Vision
Difficulties in processing vestibular information can result in…
-Low muscle tone
-Poor balance or improper reactions to movements
-Uncoordination
-Toe walking
-Decreased trunk rotation
-Lack of visual scanning
-Sedentary (avoidance of activities)
Ability to discriminate tough through the skin
Tactile
Tactile includes the ability to conform _______ and ________
Objects
Pressure
Children with poor _________ discrimination can have difficulty with fine motor skills including handwriting
Tactile
Children who have tactile issues may avoid certain textures of _________, _________, _________, etc.
Food
Clothing
Surfaces
True or false: Children can be hypersensitive to expected touch
False
(unexpected)
The _______ and the ________ work in tandem to perceive and separate objects from the background
Eyes
Brain
Vision works in coordination with the ____________ to orient to movement in the environment and maintain focus during our movement
Vestibular system
True or false: Vision influences hand-eye coordination, visual spatial orientation, and visual-motor skills
True
Vision has a role in the development of visual ______ and mental ________
Imagery
Manipulation
Children with ________ difficulties may be sensitive to the sunlight, avoid visual attention, and hesitate to go on taris or playground equipment
Visual
The ________ system discriminates sounds in the environment
Auditory
True or false: Auditory difficulties may result in a positive response to unexpected or loud noises, difficulty focusing with background noise, auditory inattentiveness, or overstimulation
False
(negative– not positive)
A child who pays attention to every noise may be unable to __________.
Habituate
The auditory system is connected with the ________ system
Limbic
A hypersensitivity to tastes and smells can create a range of _________ difficulties.
Feeding
Our _________ receptors are directly connected to the limbic system.
Olfactory
True or false: Individuals might avoid certain places or even people due to their perception of or associations with smell, but may not even know why
True
The perception of the state of the body
Interoception
The restrictive meaning holds that only sensations stemming from _______ are ________
Viscera
Interoceptive
Interoception is ultimately a product of the ______
CNS
Includes things such as pain, hunger, heartbeat, temperature, etc.
Interoception
Examples of sensory modulation dysfunction
-Over responsiveness (defensiveness)
-Under responsiveness (dormancy)
Sensory modulation dysfunction may be reflected in sensory _______ or sensory ________
Seeking
Avoiding
True or false: Sensory modulation dysfunction is a continuum
True
Sensory based motor disorders include…
Dyspraxia
Postural Disorder
True or false: Praxis means motor skill
False
(motor planning)
True or false: Motor planning includes ideation, construction, and execution
True
Dyspraxia lies mainly in the _______ activity before ______ execution
Neural
Motor
True of false: A person can have adequate neuromuscular or neuromotor function and still be dyspraxic
True
Postural disorder is characterized by poor core _______ and _______
Strength
Endurance
Those who have postural disorder move inefficiently with poor ________ and poor ___________
Balance
Body awareness
Symptoms of postural disorder include…
-No internal motivation
-Poor bilateral coordination
-Poor ocular-motor ability (gravitational insecurity)
Research supports the fact there is a _________ in our individual sensory systems and cognitive processing as we age
Decline
True or false: Some research supports the fact that there is an increase, not decrease, in multisensory processing
True
In one study, elderly participants who were more efficient multisensory integrators had _______ risk for falls
Less
Sensory integration was related to spatial aspects of _______ but not ______
Gait
Temporal
