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Sensation and Perception Flashcards

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bottom-up processing

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system in which perceptions are built from sensory input

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inattentional blindness

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failure to notice something that is completely visible because of a lack of attention

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perception

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way that sensory information is interpreted and consciously experienced

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sensory adaptation

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the reduction in sensitivity after prolonged exposure to a stimulus

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top-down processing

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interpretation of sensations is influenced by available knowledge, experiences, and thoughts

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just noticeable difference

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difference in stimuli required to detect a difference between the stimuli

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subliminal message

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message presented below the threshold of conscious awareness

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Weber’s law

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Ernst Weber’s discovery that the difference threshold is a constant fraction of the original stimulus and bigger stimuli require larger differences to be noticed

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transduction

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conversion from sensory stimulus energy to action potential

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binocular cue

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cue that relies on the use of both eyes

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binocular disparity

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slightly different view of the world that each eye receives

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linear perspective

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perceive depth in an image when two parallel lines seem to converge

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linear perspective

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perceive depth in an image when two parallel lines seem to converge

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monocular cue

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cue that requires only one eye

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opponent-process theory of color perception

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color is coded in opponent pairs: black-white, yellow-blue, and red-green

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synesthesia

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the blending of two or more sensory experiences, or the automatic activation of a secondary (indirect) sensory experience due to certain aspects of the primary (direct) sensory stimulation.

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trichromatic theory of color perception

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color vision is mediated by the activity across the three groups of cones

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vestibulo-ocular reflex

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coordination of motion information with visual information that allows you to maintain your gaze on an object while you move.

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basilar membrane

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thin strip of tissue within the cochlea that contains the hair cells which serve as the sensory receptors for the auditory system

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cochlea

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a fluid-filled, snail-shaped structure that contains the sensory receptor cells (hair cells) of the auditory system

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hair cell

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auditory receptor cell of the inner ear

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incus

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middle ear ossicle; also known as the anvil

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malleus

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middle ear ossicle; also known as the hammer

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pinna

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visible part of the ear that protrudes from the head

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stapes

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middle ear ossicle; also known as the stirrup

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tympanic membrane

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eardrum

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binaural cue

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two-eared cue to localize sound

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cochlear implant

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electronic device that consists of a microphone, a speech processor, and an electrode array to directly stimulate the auditory nerve to transmit information to the brain

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conductive hearing loss

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failure in the vibration of the eardrum and/or movement of the ossicles

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congenital deafness

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deafness from birth

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interaural level difference

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sound coming from one side of the body is more intense at the closest ear because of the attenuation of the sound wave as it passes through the head

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interaural timing difference

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small difference in the time at which a given sound wave arrives at each ear

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Ménière’s disease

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results in a degeneration of inner ear structures that can lead to hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo, and an increase in pressure within the inner ear

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monaural cue

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one-eared cue to localize sound

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place theory of pitch perception

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different portions of the basilar membrane are sensitive to sounds of different frequencies

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sensorineural hearing loss

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failure to transmit neural signals from the cochlea to the brain

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temporal theory of pitch perception

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sound’s frequency is coded by the activity level of a sensory neuron

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olfactory bulb

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bulb-like structure at the tip of the frontal lobe, where the olfactory nerves begin

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olfactory receptor

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sensory cell for the olfactory system

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pheromone

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chemical message sent by another individual

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taste bud

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grouping of taste receptor cells with hair-like extensions that protrude into the central pore of the taste bud

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umami

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taste for monosodium glutamate

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congenital insensitivity to pain (congenital analgesia)

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genetic disorder that results in the inability to experience pain

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inflammatory pain

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signal that some type of tissue damage has occurred

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Meissner’s corpuscle

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touch receptor that responds to pressure and lower frequency vibrations

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Merkel’s disk

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touch receptor that responds to light touch

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neuropathic pain

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pain from damage to neurons of either the peripheral or central nervous system

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nociception

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sensory signal indicating potential harm and maybe pain

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Pacinian corpuscle

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touch receptor that detects transient pressure and higher frequency vibrations

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Ruffini corpuscle

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touch receptor that detects stretch

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vestibular sense

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contributes to our ability to maintain balance and body posture

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kinesthesia

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perception of the body’s movement through space

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proprioception

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perception of body position

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closure

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organizing our perceptions into complete objects rather than as a series of parts

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figure-ground relationship

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segmenting our visual world into figure and ground

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good continuation (also, continuity)

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we are more likely to perceive continuous, smooth flowing lines rather than jagged, broken lines

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pattern perception

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ability to discriminate among different figures and shapes

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perceptual hypothesis

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educated guess used to interpret sensory information

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proximity

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things that are close to one another tend to be grouped together

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similarity

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things that are alike tend to be grouped together

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crossmodal phenomena

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effects that concern the influence of the perception of one sensory modality on the perception of another

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double flash illusion

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the false perception of two visual flashes when a single flash is accompanied by two auditory beeps

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integrated

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the process by which the perceptual system combines information arising from more than one modality

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McGurk effect

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an effect in which conflicting visual and auditory components of a speech stimulus result in an illusory perception

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multimodal

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of or pertaining to multiple sensory modalities

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multimodal perception

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the effects that concurrent stimulation in more than one sensory modality has on the perception of events and objects in the world

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multimodal phenomena

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effects that concern the binding of inputs from multiple sensory modalities

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rubber hand illusion

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the false perception of a fake hand as belonging to a perceiver, due to multimodal sensory information

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sensory modalities

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a type of sense; for example, vision or audition

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unimodal

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of or pertaining to a single sensory modality

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Which is the correct sequence that describes how sound reaches the brain?

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pinna - auditory canal - tympanic membrane - ossicles - cochlea - auditory nerve

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sensorineural hearing loss

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deafness due to damage to cochlea

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