Leema Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 What is Sensory Homeostasis? (In regards to dogs.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenGirl85 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 homeostasis is the maintenance of the internal environment...where did you hear it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leema Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 It was in an academic conference reading. It was saying that puppies that did xyz were more likely to have 'sensory homeostasis' as adults. I've looked up a bunch of stuff trying to find the definition, but with no luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCheekyMonster Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 OMG I learnt about this in year 12 Biology.... I totally forgot what it is though... sorry no help haha but try biology books....?? maybe maybe not.... ill hide in a corner now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizT Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Homeostatis is the process by which the body uses feedback mechanisms to keep within the normal range, whether it be temperature, water retention or the like. I don't know whether the sensory aspect of it simply refers to the fact that the body has to register that it has moved away from the normal range before it can rectify that and return to homeostasis (which sounds more likely, as the daughter doing Uni biol has never heard of 'sensory homeostasis') or if it refers to some balance of the sensory organs and their function? ie. over sensitive, or not sensitive enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigsaw Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I found this referenceHERE Does this make sense with reference to the article you were reading? "3 – Stress resistance The puppy needs to make major acquisitions with respect to “sensory homeostasis”, that is to say, the balance between the environment and himself. It must withstand the stimulation of the human environment with its smells, sounds of the city, its movements, different soils … This learning must be done as soon as possible before the age of 3 months must have been confronted in stimulation it will in adulthood, if he does not pay later. I used the puppy to school my experience to training future guide dogs for the blind, dogs for disabled dogs disaster. It provides visual stimulation as the corridor where they must pass from which hang streamers, foam tubes, plastic bottles, etc.. Acoustic stimuli with various noises and sounds CD. Tactile stimuli as different soils, and moving obstacles which they can move. Olfactory stimuli consist of boxes that contain odors bones, fish, herbs, etc.. They may be attracted by them but can not be accessed by cons they may have the tiny tidbit is that his master, resulting in a trivialization of attractive odors. Later it will be useful not to scan for strong scents (fox dung, for example), when walking in the forest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenGirl85 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Homeostatis is the process by which the body uses feedback mechanisms to keep within the normal range, whether it be temperature, water retention or the like. I don't know whether the sensory aspect of it simply refers to the fact that the body has to register that it has moved away from the normal range before it can rectify that and return to homeostasis (which sounds more likely, as the daughter doing Uni biol has never heard of 'sensory homeostasis') or if it refers to some balance of the sensory organs and their function? ie. over sensitive, or not sensitive enough? Yes I just checked my (human) anatomy and physiology text book and there is no reference to sensory homeostasis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corrie Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 (edited) I not really sure but I would imgine it wouldn't be all that different to us humans using sensory gating to filter out background noise, smells or whatever to allow us to still perfom whatever tasks we need to or to be able to follow through with a thought process. ETA....I would think it would be the effect of thorough socialisation or regular exposure. Edited January 23, 2012 by corrie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leema Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 I found this referenceHERE Does this make sense with reference to the article you were reading? "3 – Stress resistance The puppy needs to make major acquisitions with respect to “sensory homeostasis”, that is to say, the balance between the environment and himself. It must withstand the stimulation of the human environment with its smells, sounds of the city, its movements, different soils … This learning must be done as soon as possible before the age of 3 months must have been confronted in stimulation it will in adulthood, if he does not pay later. I used the puppy to school my experience to training future guide dogs for the blind, dogs for disabled dogs disaster. It provides visual stimulation as the corridor where they must pass from which hang streamers, foam tubes, plastic bottles, etc.. Acoustic stimuli with various noises and sounds CD. Tactile stimuli as different soils, and moving obstacles which they can move. Olfactory stimuli consist of boxes that contain odors bones, fish, herbs, etc.. They may be attracted by them but can not be accessed by cons they may have the tiny tidbit is that his master, resulting in a trivialization of attractive odors. Later it will be useful not to scan for strong scents (fox dung, for example), when walking in the forest. This makes sense. Thank-you so much! To paraphrase: "sensory homeostasis" is almost a synonym of "well socialised"? (Is this how others interpreted this?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whippetsmum Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 I haven't heard sensory homeostasis, but you may want to look up "Sensory Processing disorders" in human Paediatrics. In sensory processing theory, they talk about over reactive systems and under reactive systems. The ideal would to be have a balanced sensory system that was neither under or over reactive so I guess that could be interpreted as sensory homeostatis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leema Posted February 7, 2012 Author Share Posted February 7, 2012 Whippetsmum - yes, that's what I'm thinking. However, in this paper, the 'symptoms' that lead to sensory homesostatis don't seem like balanced behaviours... So my head is swimming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espinay2 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 (edited) Basically it is about regulating response to stimulus from their environment. Limited exposure can mean a dog is more 'reactive' - it reacts more quickly and violently to objects or events in a physiological as well as an emotional way (heart rate, hormone secretions etc). If the pup is habituated to a wider variety of stimulus this reaction 'evens out' and maintains equilibrium when faced with stimulus. Basically it takes less to trigger a fluctuation in both the physiological and the emotional response. See the section headed 'emotional self regulation' : http://www.nwk9.com/dehasse_pupdev.htm This goes into the physiological side in more detail: http://www.ncbi.nlm....books/NBK25445/ What symptoms are they giving? Edited February 7, 2012 by espinay2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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