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Sensation and Perception Flashcards

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what is sensation?

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the act of using using our sensory systems to detect environmental stimuli

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what is perception?

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recognizing and identifying sensory stimulus

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Vision raw sensory data is in the form of…

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light waves

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hearing raw sensory data is in the form of…

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sound waves

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smell raw sensory data is in the form of…

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airborne chemicals

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taste raw sensory data is in the form of…

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food chemicals

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touch raw sensory data is in the form of…

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pressure

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What two factors help the transformation of physical stimuli into perception?

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sensory receptor cells and sensory transduction

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What is the specialized cell that converts a specific form of environmental stimuli into neural impulses?

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sensory receptor cell

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explain sensory transduction

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the process of converting a specific form of sensory data into a neural implies that our brain can read

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Different sense have different…

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receptor cells

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Absolute threshold is the …. amount of a stimulus that one can detect

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smallest

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Difference in threshold is measured by

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JND

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What is JND

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the minimal difference needed to notice a difference between two stimuli

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Different JND depends on the…

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strength of the original stimulus

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What is sensory adaptation?

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contant stimulation decreases the number of sensory messages sent to the brain, which causes decreased sensation

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what does sensory adaptation allow?

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allows us to focus on important stimuli in our environment

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sensation and perception occur together but through different…

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processes

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What are the two different processes of sensation and perception?

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bottom top processing and top down processing

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When raw sensory data is transduced, sent to the brain and your brain uses all of the data to build a perception and the neural signals move up to more complex brain regions to start putting together the perception is…..

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bottom-up processing

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what is top-down processing

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it is led by cognitive processes where you use previously learned information to help recognize and interpret the data coming into your brain

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What is perceptual set?

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the readiness to interpret a certain stimulus in a certain way, expecting to see a specific object, you are more likely to interpret it in that way

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perceptual set can affect…

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all senses

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perception involves both bottom-up process (……) and top-down processes (………)

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Neural signals to perception, interpretation based on cognitive processes

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When we smell, chemicals are also known as

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odorants

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Odorants stimulate the 5 million receptor neurons at the top of each

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nasal cavity

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the …. send a neural impulse (…..) to the smell centre of the brain, also known as the …..

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receptor cells, transduction, olfactory bulb

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bumps of the tongue are called

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papillae

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29
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chemical substances in food dissolve in saliva and fall where on the tongue?

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between the papillae

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papillae holds …

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receptor cells

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31
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each taste bud contains .. to .. sensory receptor cells for taste

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60-100

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The taste buds translate the chemical message into a neural impulse, which gets sent to the … and eventually the ….

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thalamus - cerebral cortex

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what are the 5 different taste receptors?

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sweet, sour, bitter, salt, umami

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what is umami

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the taste of monosodium glutamate (MSG) - such as meat or tomatoes

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35
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eating involves multiple senses including

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taste and smell, tactile (touch) and olfactory and gustatory receptors

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olfactory and gustatory receptors are unique in that they

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regenerate if damaged

37
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Explain the two paths of smell

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Smell goes to the olfactory bulb which can go to the piriform cortex for experience that effects learning/recognition and memory, or smell can go from the olfactory bulb to the amygdala for emotion, the to hippocampus

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Explain the path of taste

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taste goes to the thalamus that combines sensory information, it is then integrated with reward circuits

39
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The somatosensory cortex is found where and processes what?

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found in the parietal lobe, it processes information about texture, temperature and pain from the tongue

40
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Smell is well developed from

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birth

41
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new borns recognize motherly scents such as these 3

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amniotic fluid, milk, and mother in general

42
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taste is well formed at birth because…

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innate preference for sweet tastes, age 7 develop preference for sour tastes and learning as a whole helps development

43
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Taste changes also occur in the … system because

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gustatory system because there are more taste buds as children than as adults. - picky eating?

44
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2 reasons our smell and taste differ

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sensitivities change, gender difference as females are more sensitive than males (ovulation, after menopause), types of tasters

45
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What are the 3 types of tasters

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non taster, medium taster and super tasters - all respond differently to bitter substances

46
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What makes a super taster?

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different concentration in taste buds

47
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after age 50, # of … decline while after age 60, …. decline

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tastebuds, sense of smell - decline in interest of foods

48
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What is anosmia?

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inability to smell - head trauma

49
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What is ageusia?

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the inability to taste - head trauma

50
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What is reflect epilepsy

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a seizure occurs only after exposure to a specific odour

51
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what is an aura

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false perceptions that precede a seizure or migraine are different than reflect epilepsy

52
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What are migraine headaches

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specific odours can trigger migraines

53
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The tactile or somatosensory system is a combination of skin senses:

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pressure, touch, temperature, vibration, pain

54
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the tactile senses rely on a variety of receptors located in different parts of the skin. There are different receptors for…

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pain/temperature than for fine touch/pressure

55
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Free nerve endings are for

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pain and temperature

56
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what receptors are located near the surface fo the skin

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free nerve endings

57
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Why are free nerve endings called free?

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because the are not specialized like other cells

58
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Which receptor is more simpler in structure?

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free nerve endings

59
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free nerve endings convert..

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physical stimuli into touch, temperature or pain

60
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What is Meissner’s corpuscles?

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located in the fingertips, lips, and palms. They function to trandsduce information

61
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What are Merkel’s Discs?

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Located near the surface of the skin and function to transduce information about light to moderate pressure against the skin

62
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What are Ruffini’s end organs

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Located deep in the skin and function to register heavy pressure and movement of the joints

63
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What are Pacinian Corpuscles

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located deep in the skin and function to respond to vibrations and heavy pressure

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What are the 3 steps to perceiving touch

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sensory neons register pressure, sends message to spinal cord, then thalamus. Information is then sent to somatosensory cortex that registers the sensation

65
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Tactile information is processed contra laterally, meaning

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opposite side of brain

66
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What are the two pathways of pain?

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Fast pathway (myelinated) and slow burn (unmyelinated)

67
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Sharp, localized pain is felt quicker because it travels along myelinated neurons to the brain is what kind of pathway?

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fast pathway

68
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nagging, burning pain is slower to be felt because it travels along unmyelinated pathways is called what kind of pathway

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slow burn

69
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pain systems show

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adaptation

70
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Fetuses respond to touch when?

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early in prenatal development

71
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response to different tactile stimuli occurs after…

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further development and learning in the brain

72
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2 reasons why we feel or not feel pain?

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people differ in what tactile stimuli they find painful or pleasurable, and differences in brain activation may cause different responses to pain

73
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What is pain threshold?

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at what point we feel pain and how intensely we feel it

74
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Who has lower pain threshold? Men or women?

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women - twice as many receptors

75
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What is Gate Control Theory

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patterns of neural activity can close a “gate” that prevents messages from reaching parts of the brain where they are perceived as pain - based on neural chemicals

76
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….. pain is the most common abnormality associated with the somatosensory system

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chronic

77
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… and … are naturally occurring pain killing chemicals in the brain

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endorphins and enkephalins

78
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endorphins and enkephalins can be found in opiates such as

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morphine or heroine

79
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endorphins and enkephalins are produced naturally through

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intense physical activity, sex or intense stress

80
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What i cingulotomy?

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destruction of the cingulate cortex - an extreme form of neurosurgery to relieve chronic pain

81
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What is Familial Dysautonomia

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rare genetic condition associated with an inability to detect pain or temperature

82
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What is Phantom Limb?

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tactile hallucinations of touch, pressure, vibration and pain in a body part that no longer exists

83
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What are sound waves

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vibrations of the molecules in the air

84
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What are the two major qualities of sound waves

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frequency and amplitude

85
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What is frequency?

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the number of cycles (waves) per second

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