Afference vs Efference - What's the difference?
afference | efference |
(biology) The brain’s reception of signals from the body.
* 1984 , (Oliver Sacks), “The Disembodied Lady”, chapter 3 in (The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat) (Reset 2007), page 53:
(uncountable) The state of being efferent
(countable) An efferent process
As nouns the difference between afference and efference
is that afference is the brain’s reception of signals from the body while efference is the state of being efferent.afference
English
Noun
(-)- Christina had lost this normal inflow, this afference , had lost her normal proprioceptive vocal tone and posture, and therefore had to use her ears, auditory feedback, instead.