spatiotopic

English

Etymology

From spatio- +‎ -topic.

Adjective

spatiotopic (not comparable)

1. Having a reference to the three-dimensional space of the real world
   • 2015 August 29, “From a Somatotopic to a Spatiotopic Frame of Reference for the Localization of Nociceptive Stimuli”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Here we investigated whether nociceptive stimuli are mapped into a spatiotopic frame of reference, and more specifically a peripersonal frame of reference, which takes into account the position of the body limbs in external space, as well as the occurrence of external objects presented near the body.

Related terms

• spatiotopicity