PSYC1110 Study Guide - Final Guide: Auditory Cortex, Postcentral Gyrus, Binocular Disparity
10 Mar 2014
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Week 12: (nov. 20, thanksgiving): intro to sensation & perception & the eye. Perception brain"s further processing of these detected signals. Transduction translation of the stimuli into chemical and electrical signals. Qualitative info deals with differentiating between diff taste, smells, and sights. Quantitative info deals with differentiating the intensity of the senses. Signal detection theory getting the sensation but judging your senses. Sometimes you can be wrong when you someone ask if you see something. You might convince yourself that you see it. Sensory adaption to be adapted to something. Hearing cars go by while you study, you tend to ignore the sounds of the cars going by. Taste: other terms for this is gustation, taste receptors are located in the taste buds, some are supertasters, babies tend to be fonder of whatever the mom indulges herself with when pregnant and after pregnancy. Touch: haptic sense, two types of pain:
