Chapter 7: The Capabilities of the Haptic-Somatic System

Question 1

With respect to the issue of calibration between perceptual systems, a perceptual system like that of the joints might normalize itself by some ________ process over time taking the ________ of its input as the criterion of straight-ahead, of vertical, and of horizontal.

Answer 1

Averaging

Mean
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Question 2

Skeletal space

Answer 2

The perception of the disposition of the limbs and branches of the body

Question 3

It must be given as a hierarchy of bone directions, hinged together, reaktive to the vertebral long axis of the body (_______) and the two short axes (_______)

Answer 3

The cephalocaudal

the dorso-ventral and the right-left

Question 4

With respect to the issue of calibration between perceptual systems, it is unlikely that the brain might compare its inputs from one perceptual system with those of other perceptual systems; for example, the vestibular system, or the visual system, or both, taking the other information as the criterion for recalibration

Answer 4

(false)

Question 5

Do visual sensations have to be validated by the sense of touch, or do the feelings of limb location conform to the visual location

Answer 5

Answer not provided…fml

Question 6

Each shape was equally different from every other, when an observer is given one of these shapes to feel with his hands behind the curtain, he typically does the following things

Answer 6

1) The subject curves his fingers around its face, choosing all fingers and fitting them into the cavities.
2) NOT TRUE: subjects movements become stereotyped, the subjects movements occur in a fixed sequence, the movement are clearly repeated for each object (DO NOT PICK THESE)