PSYC 2050U Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Anosognosia, Rhinencephalon, Trigeminal Nerve
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We use five senses to interact with the outside world, as traditionally defined. There are many subdivisions of those five, plus sensations from inside the body. For all senses, there are specialized receptors to transduce the stimulus. All senses project to primary sensory cortex, and have some form of mapping. Converting mechanical information into electrical signals: the inner ear. The auditory nerve and primary auditory cortex. Perception allows multiple sounds to be interpreted at once. Sound is pressure waves in the air. Properties of soundwaves are frequency a wave with a low frequency or low wave sound has a low frequency wave or high frequency with a high frequency wave. Amplitude intensity of that sound, more or less force around the sound wave. Complexity perception of sound quality, consists of different types of wave lengths to make each sound unique. Sounds are vibrations carried through air or water as waves.
