PSYCH101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4.4: Mcgurk Effect, Olfactory System, Olfactory Epithelium

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Richard Ennis

Document Summary

Haptics - the active, exploratory aspect of touch sensation and perception. Kinesthesis - the sense of bodily motion and position. Nociception - the activity of nerve pathways that response to uncomfortable stimulation. Gate-control theory - explains our experience of pain as an interaction between nerves that transmit pain messages and those that inhibit these messages. Reporting pain coming from an absent limb. Gustatory system - functions in the sensation and perception of taste primary taste - salty, sweet, bitter, and sour unami - savouriness taste associated with seaweed, msg, and protein-rich foods like milk and aged cheese. Secondary gustatory cortex - processes the pleasurable experiences associated with food. Olfactory system - involved in smell - the detection of airborne particles with specialized receptors located in the nose. Olfactory epithelium - a thin layer of cells that are lined by sensory receptors called cilia.