sensation and perception pt 2

Question 1

amplitude in hearing

Answer 1

Loudness

Question 2

frequency and hearing

Answer 2

Pitch

Question 3

Pinna

Answer 3

Outer ear

Question 4

Middle ear

Answer 4

concentrates vibrations of the eardrum on the cochlea’s oval window

Question 5

What vibrates in the middle ear?

Answer 5

The hammer anvil and stirrup

Question 6

Basiliar membrane

Answer 6

outside of cochlea

Question 7

cochlea

Answer 7

Snail like tube in the inner ear, where sound waves trigger nerve impulses

Question 8

Inner ear

Answer 8

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

Question 9

sensorineural hearing loss

Answer 9

Damage to the cochlea hair cell receptors, or their associated nerves

Question 10

conduction hearing loss

Answer 10

Damage to mechanical system that conduct sound waves to the cochlea

Question 11

cochlear implant

Answer 11

Translate sounds into electrical signals that are sent from the cochlea by auditory nerve to the brain

Question 12

how does the brain perceive loud and soft noises?

Answer 12

From the number of active hair cells

Question 13

place theory

Answer 13

Links pitch we here with the place where the cochlear membrane is stimulated
– Front of cochlea = high-pitched
Dash Siri works less with low pitch

Question 14

frequency theory

Answer 14

The brain reads pitch by monitoring the frequency of neural impulses
Dash lower pitches = lower frequency

Question 15

Gate control theory

Answer 15

Spinal cord can block pain cells by stimulating large muscles fibers

Question 16

vestibular sacks

Answer 16

Contains fluid and helps with balance, and where our body parts are

Question 17

What happens when we feel motion sick

Answer 17

Fluids in the vestibular socks don’t match with how the brain thinks it’s moving

Question 18

vestibular sense

Answer 18

Awareness of balance

Question 19

Kinesthesis

Answer 19

Awareness of your body is in space

Question 20

social localization

Answer 20

Knowing the location of a sound

Question 21

Methods of finding where is sound is coming from

Answer 21

sound his one year faster
Sound in one ear has higher intensity in the other

Question 22

Sensory interaction

Answer 22

One cents, influencing another
EX. Bah and fah

Question 23

Embodied cognition

Answer 23

Processing or bodily sensations connect with a brain circuits responsible for cognition

Question 24

Synesthesia

Answer 24

One sensation (hearing/sight) produces another(like seeing a color)

Question 25

acoustical transduction

Answer 25

How we hear

Question 26

Olfaction

Answer 26

Smell

Question 27

elements of touch

Answer 27

– Warm
– Cold
– Pressure
– Pain

Question 28

what makes hot?

Answer 28

Warm + cold

Question 29

Where are taste receptors in the mouth?

Answer 29

Top sides and tongue

Question 30

Do men or women smell better

Answer 30

Women

Question 31

how many different smells are there?

Answer 31

10,000

Question 32

Number of receptor sites in the nose

Answer 32

5 million

Question 33

Methods of pain control

Answer 33

Massage, acupuncture, ice bath

Question 34

Elements of taste

Answer 34

– Sweet
– Sour
– Umami
– Salty
– bitter