Human perception

Question 1

Sensory pathways

Answer 1

neural pathways leading from the receptor to the cortical primary sensory area

Question 2

Sensory range

Answer 2

the range between the threshold value and the maximal stimulus

Question 3

Sensory organs

Answer 3

the status and changes of inner and outer environments are detected by receptor cells, which in several cases, are grouped in sensory organs

Question 4

Perception

Answer 4

recognition and interpretation of the sensations

Question 5

Stimulus modality

Answer 5

A system that consists of a group of sensory cell types, responding to a specific physical phenomenon, and corresponding to a particular group of regions within the brain where the signals are received and interpreted.

Question 6

Snellen chart

Answer 6

a chart with letters starting from big to smaller. 5m distance. Read aloud the letters from above and downwards with one eye.

Question 7

Shilling-Ishihara table

Answer 7

most well-known colorblind test. Each of them showing either a number or a path.

Question 8

Perimeter

Answer 8

used to determine the field of vision. Examine whether there is a difference in size between the black-and-white and coloured fields of vision.

Question 9

Placido disc

Answer 9

To check the surface of the cornea. Light source through the eyes so you can see the reflection of the rings on the cornea.

Question 10

Audiometry

Answer 10

Testing degree of hearing by different range of frequencies at varying degree of loudness. The subject is required to indicate where he/she can hear a certain sound by pushing the space button on the keyboard.

Question 11

Rinne-test

Answer 11

Use a tuning fork to see whether the patient hears the sound best by bone conduction or air conduction. In normal hearing tones are louder by air conduction.

Question 12

Myopia

Answer 12

short sightedness

Question 13

Hypoermetropia

Answer 13

long sightedness