Taste & Object Recognition Flashcards
What are 5 tastes we can taste?
sweet
sour
salty
bitter
umami (glutamate)
What is flavor influenced by?
smell
texture
mood
chemoreceptors
Taste detectors
sensitive to dissolved compounds
papillae
Little bumps on the tongue that contain taste buds
Where is the taste center located?
in the thalamus
how do taste buds detect sweet, umami & bitter ?
The molecules bind to the receptor and the change in confirmation sends the G protein to open the ion channel to allow positive ions to flow in
how to taste words detect sour and salty flavors?
The ions in these molecules open the ion channels to allow positive ions to flow in and depolarize the cell
Other name for taste
gustation
chorda tympani
branch official nerve that carries taste sensory supply of nurse from the front 2/3s of the tongue
cranial nerves
Nerves that connect your brain to parts of your head neck and drunk
what are the 2 types of object recognition?
top-down
bottom up
bottom-up
Recognizing individual parts and then identifying the object
top-down
Identifying the object and then recognizing the individual parts
deja vu
Brain using top down processing to recognize an incidence without recognizing its reason which would require bottom up processing
perceptual organization
Ability to use two processes together with each other with all sensory clues about an object to complete a picture
