PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Lamellar Corpuscle, Olfactory Bulb, Monosodium Glutamate

• School: Memorial University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Michele Mercer

Document Summary

Module 24: common features of sensation and perception. The act of using our sensory systems to detect environmental stimuli: perception. Recognizing and identifying sensory stimulus: both sensation and perception are critical for our interpretation and interaction with our environment. Pressure or damage to the skin (touch, heat, pain, etc. ) Sensory receptor cells are specialized cells that convert a specific form of environmental stimuli into neural impulses. Each sensory system contains specialized cells that are activated by particular physical stimuli. The process of converting a specific form of sensory data into a neural. Smell a drop of perfume diffused throughout a six-room apartment. Taste 5 millimeters of sugar in 9 liters of water. Touch a(cid:374) i(cid:374)se(cid:272)t(cid:859)s (cid:449)i(cid:374)g falli(cid:374)g o(cid:374) (cid:455)our (cid:272)heek fro(cid:373) a height of a(cid:271)out a (cid:272)e(cid:374)ti(cid:373)eter. Hearing the tick of a watch at 6 meters away in a quiet room. Sight a candle flame 50 kilometers away on a clear, dark night: difference threshold (or jnd)