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sensation and perception (modules 20-25) Flashcards

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sensation

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the process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment

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sensory receptors

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sensory nerve endings that respond to stimuli

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perception

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the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events

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bottom up processing

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analysis that begins with the sensory receptors and works up to higher levels of processing

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top down processing

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constructs perceptions from this sensory input by drawing your experience and expectations

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selective attention

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the focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus

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cocktail party effect

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ability to attend to one voice among a sea of voices

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inattentional blindness

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failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere

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change blindness

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failing to notice changes in the environment

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transduction

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conversion of one form of energy to another

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psychophysics

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the study of relationships between the physical characteristics of stimuli such as their intensity and our psychological experience of them

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absolute threshold

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the minimum stimulus energy needed to detect a particular stimulus 50 percent o the time

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signal detection theory

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theory predicting how and when we detect the presence of a faint stimulus amid background stimulation

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subliminal

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below one’s absolute threshold for conscious awareness

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difference threshold

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the minimum difference between two stimulus required for detection 50 percent of the time

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priming

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the activation, often unconsciously, of certain associations, thus predisposing one’s perception, memory, or response

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weber’s law

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the idea that to be perceived as different, two stimuli must differ by a constant minimum percentagee

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sensory adaptation

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diminished sensitivity as a consequence of constant stimulation

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perceptual set

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a mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not the other

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schemas

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concepts that organize and interpret unfamiliar information

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motivations can bias…

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our interpretations of neutral stimuli

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t or f: emotions can shove our perceptions in one way or another

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true

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extrasensory perception (ESP)

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the controversial claim that perception can occur apart from sensory input
-includes telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition

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parapsychology

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the study of paranormal phenomena, including ESP and psychokinesis

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telepathy

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mind to mind communicationcla

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clairvoyance

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perceiving remote events such as a house on fire in another state

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precognition

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perceiving future events, such as an unexpected death i the next month

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psychokinesis

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mind moving matter

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wavelength

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the distance from the peak of one light/soundwave to the peak of the next

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short wavelength corresponds to

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high frequency

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longer wavelength corresponds to

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low frequency

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hue

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the dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light

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short wavelengths have a ______ hue

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blueish, cooler toned

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long wave lengths have a ________ hue

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reddish, warmed toned

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amplitude

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the height of a wave

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intensity

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the amount of energy in a light/sound wave which influences brightness/loudness and is determined by amplitude of a wave

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great amplitude has ___________ intensity

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a brighter or louder

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small amplitude has ____________ intensity

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a duller or quieter

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cornea

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the eye’s clear protective outer layer covering the pupil and iris

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pupil

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the adjustable opening in the center of the eye through which light enters

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iris

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a ring of muscle tissue that forms the colored portion of the eye around the pupil and controls the size of the pupil opening

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lens

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the transparent structure behind the pupil that changes shape to help focus images on the retina

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retina

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the light-sensitive inner surface of the eye, containing the receptor rods and cones plus layers of neurons that behind the processing of visual information

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accommodation

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the process by which the eye’s lens changes shape to focus near or far objects on the retina

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rods

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-retinal receptors that detect black white and gray and are sensitive to movement
-necessary for peripheral vision and twilight vision when cones don’t respond

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cones

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retinal receptors that are concentrated near the center of the retina and that function in daylight or well-lit conditions
-detect fine detail and give rise to color sensations

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optic nerve

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the nerve that carries neural impulses from the eye to the brain

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bipolar cells

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cells near cones and rods that have their neural signals sparked by chemical reactions which allows them to activate ganglion cells

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ganglion cells

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cells whose axons twist together to form the optic nerve

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blind spot

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the point at which the optic nerve leaves the eye, creating a “blind spot” because there’s no receptor cells there

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fovea

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the central focal point in the retina, around which the eye’s cones cluster

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young-helmholtz trichromatic theory

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theory that the retina has 3 different color receptors; red, blue, green that when stimulated in combination can produce any color

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opponent process theory

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the theory that opposing retinal processes (red-green, blue-yellow, white-black) enable color vision

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feature detectors

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nerve cells in the brains visual cortex that respond to specific features of the stimulus such as shape, angle, or movement

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parallel processing

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processing many aspects of a problem simultaneously

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grandmother cells

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supercells that do appear to respond selectively to 1 or 2 faces in 100

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gestalt

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-an organized whole
-our tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes

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figure-ground

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the organization of the visual field into objects (figure) that stand out from their surroundings (ground)

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grouping

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the perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into coherent groups

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law of proximity

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we group nearby figures together

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law of continuity

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we perceive smooth, continuous patterns rather than discontinuous ones

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law of closure

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we fill in gaps to create a complete, whole object

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depth perception

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-the ability to see objects in three dimensions although the images that strike the retina are two-dimensional
-allows us to judge distance

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visual cliff

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a laboratory device for testing depth perceptions in infants and young animals

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binocular cue

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a depth cure, such as retinal disparity, that depends on the use of two eyes

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retinal disparity

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a binocular cue for perceiving depth by comparing retinal images from the two eyes, the brain computes distance as the greater the disparity between the two images the closer the object

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monocular cue

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a depth cue, such as interposition or linear perspective, available to either eye alone

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phi phenomenon

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an illusion of movement created when two or more adjacent lights blink on and off in quick succession

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stroboscopic phenomenon

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our brain perceives a rapid series of slightly varying images as continuous movement (stop-motion)

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perceptual constancy

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perceiving objects as unchanging even as illumination and retinal images change.
-includes having consistent color, brightness, shape, and size

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color constancy

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perceiving familiar objects as having consistent color, even if changing illumination alters the wavelengths reflected by the object

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brightness constancy

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we perceive an object a having a constant brightness even as its illumination varies

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relative luminance

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the amount of light an objects reflects relative to its surroundings

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size constancy

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we perceive an object as having an unchanging size even while our distance from it varies

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perceptual adaption

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the ability to adjust to changed sensory input, including an artificially displaced or even inverted visual field

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frequency

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the number of complete wavelengths that pass a point in a given time

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pitch

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a tone’s experienced highness or lowness
-depends of frequency

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decibels

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-the unit we measure sound in
-0 decibels is the absolute threshold for hearing

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middle ear

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the chamber containing three tiny bones (hammer, anvil, stirrup)/(malleus, incus, stapes) that concentrate the vibrations of the eardrum on the cochlea’s oval window

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cochlea

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-a coiled, bony, fluid-filled tube in the inner
-nerve impulse are triggered y sound waves traveling through the cochlear fluid

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inner ear

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the innermost part of the ear containing the cochlea, semicircular canals, and vestibular sacs

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basilar membrane

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membrane within the cochlea that contains hair cells which are auditory receptors when stimulated

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sensorineural hearing loss

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hearing loss caused by damage to the cochlea’s receptor cells or the auditory nerves

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conduction hearing loss

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a less common form of hearing loss caused by damage to the mechanical system that conducts sound waves to the cochlea

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cochlear implant

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a device for converting sounds into electrical signals and stimulating the auditory nerve through electrodes threaded into the cochlea

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place theory

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the theory that links the pitch heard with the place where the cochlea’s membrane is stimulated

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frequency theory

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the theory that the rate of nerve impulses traveling up the auditory nerve matches the frequency of a tone, thus enabling us to sense its pitch

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gate-control theory

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the theory that the spinal cord contains neurological gate that blocks pain signals or allows them to pass on into the brain

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survival functions of sweet

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indicates energy source

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survival function of salty

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indicates sodium essential to physiological processes

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survival function of sour

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indicates potentially toxic acid

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survival function of bitter

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indicates potential poisons

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survival function of umami

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indicates proteins to grow and repair tissue

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olfaction

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the sense of smell

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gustation

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the sense of taste

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vestibular sense

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our sense of body movement and position that enables our sense of balance
-semicircular canals and vestibular sacs

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kinesthesia

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-our system for sensing the position and movement of individual body arts
-kinesthetic censors in joints, tendons, and muscles

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sensory interaction

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the principle that one sense may influence another, as when the smell of food influences its taste

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embodied cognition

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the influence of bodily sensations, gestures and other states on cognitive preferences and judgments

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senses associated with cerebellum

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body-position kinesthesia
body movement vestibular sense

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smell is associated with what part of the brain?

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olfactory bulb

102
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touch goes to what part of the brain?

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somatosensory cortex

103
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taste is associated with what part of the brain?

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frontal temporal lobe border

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hearing is with what part of the brain?

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temporal lobes

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vision is with what part of the brain?

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occipital lobes

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