PSYCH 1100 Lecture Notes - Evelyn Glennie, Olfactory Bulb, Insular Cortex

• School: Lakehead University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 1100
• Professor: Thomas Kondzielewski

Document Summary

: loss or impairment of sense of smell (usually for single odors: floral, camhoirc, musky, minty, etherish lock & key theory. : odors are related to shapes of chemicals and molecules. 1000 types; in combinations > 10000 types: pheromones. Gustation sense of taste: four taste sensations: sweet, salt, sour, bitter, most sensitive to bitter, less to sour, salt, and least sensitive to sweet, umami. : possible fifth taste sensation; brothy taste (msg) tuna, cheese, soybeans: genetic effect, ptc: phenylthiocarbamide, 70% of people = bitter, 30% of people = no taste. Somestheic sense sensations produced by skin, muscles, joints, viscera, and organs of balance skin senses (touch): light touch, pressure, pain, cold, warmth kinesthetic. : unites eye position information with vestibular information. Dynamic touch touch experienced when the body is in motion; a combination of sensations receptors, muscles and joints skin from kinesthesia: a key component in muscle. Chapter 4: charles sherrington introduced the terms "proruiceotion" "interception" and.