: a Japanese form of wrestling that is performed by very large men.
Sensation (psychology) Sensation is the body's detection of external or internal stimulation (e.g., eyes detecting light waves, ears detecting sound waves). Perception utilizes the brain to make sense of the stimulation (e.g., seeing a chair, hearing a guitar). Sensation involves three steps: 1  Sensory receptors detect stimuli. 2  Sensory stimuli are transduced into electrical impulses (action potentials) to be decoded by the brain. 3  Electrical impulses move along neural pathways to specific parts of the brain wherein the impulses are decoded into useful information (perception).
Meaning: A somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles. Classified under: Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents. Synonyms: prickling; tingling; tingle. Hypernyms (tingling is a kind of...): somaesthesia; somatesthesia; somatic sensation; somesthesia (the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of tingling): pins and needles (a sharp tingling sensation from lack of circulation)