Activity dependent development of the body's touch receptors: Neuron Tourmaline Heating Electric Foot Massager Reflexology SPA With Low Frequency Pulse Acupuncture EMS TEN Circulation Booster AliExpress 66 The Somatosensory System: Perception of Touch and Body Awareness The somatosensory system allows the body to detect touch, pressure, temperature, pain, and body position. Sensory receptors in the skin, muscles, and joints Sensory transduction and adaptation Mechanoreceptors convert mechanical stimuli into electrical signals by a process called transduction. Before the stimulus arrives (1), the mechanoreceptor is at rest. Thus the potential across the membrane