Skin Senses Testing III: Temperature
Sensitivity
•Materials and
Apparatus: 2 water pans, immersion heater, thermometer, heat cylinders, handles, ink pad, grid
stamp
•Procedure:
–Underside of arm. Apply stamp, use two one a sheet of paper
for recording, one for cold
probes and one for warm.
–Cold water
55-65 F, and warm is 110-120F
–Draw out probe, dry,
apply to a dot on grid, record response.
Do a few with that
probe, not in any particular order.
–Alternate
temp probes every few trials
•Results:
–Big diagram
and summarize the data