sensory
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Although their nervous system contains only about 160,000 neurons, they can still perform complex behaviors such as navigating, interacting socially, learning, and reacting to sensory signals.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
I created sensory treatments that I named, then they became songs.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
When the children moved from Baden Powell to Nightingale, they joined their new classmates in their very modern primary school building, which has a climbing wall, cookery and art rooms, and a rooftop sensory garden.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
At the 2022 French Open, the pain in Nadal's foot was so bad that he asked Dr Angel Ruiz-Cotorro to put the sensory nerve to sleep with targeted anaesthetic injections.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
If, of course, your definition of groovy is sensory overload.
From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen
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