Week 7

Question 1

What are phantom limbs?

Answer 1

the perception that a missing limb still exists

Question 2

What type of receptor boosts tactile sensation?

Answer 2

mechanoreceptors

Question 3

what are mechanoreceptors?

Answer 3

Mechanical sensory receptors in the skin that responds to tactile stimulation

Question 4

What is the vestibular system?

Answer 4

Parts of the inner ear involved in balance

Question 5

What is the vestibular system made up of?

Answer 5

three semicircular canals

Question 6

What is multimodal perception?

Answer 6

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

Question 7

What is the Superadditive effect of multisensory integration?

Answer 7

The finding that responses to multimodal stimuli are typically greater than the sum of the independent responses to each unimodal component if it were presented on its own.