Full localization, discrimination of intensity, and interpretation of somatosensory stimuli requires processing by the:

Answer: Somatosensory cortex.

Explanation: The somatosensory cortex receives all sensory input from the body. The somatosensory system is a part of the sensory nervous system. These sensory receptor cells are activated by different stimuli such as heat and nociception, giving a functional name to the responding sensory neuron, such as a thermoreceptor which carries information about temperature changes.