PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Nociceptor, List Of Fullmetal Alchemist Characters, Myelin
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Psy100 lecture 7 sensation and perception continued. Touch: there are a number of different touch receptors, ex. Temperate receptors, pain receptors etc: respond to different aspects of the touch experience, these responders respond to the onset and offset of pressure, fire when pressure is first introduced and when it is released. Pain receptors: nociceptors: myelinated fibres, respond to sharp immediate pain, responsible for quick signaling responses. Sound (audition): amplitude: the height of wavelengths refers to the loudness of a sound, frequency: the length of wavelengths refers to the pitch of a sound. Transduction: photoreceptors: convert the energy from light particles (photons) into a chemical reaction that produces an electrical signal powerpoint, slide # 10, rods: respond to low levels of light, cones: respond to colour and higher levels of light. By stimulating blue we are inhibiting yellow: red/green, yellow/blue, white/back, this process is what creates after images.
