Perception

Question 1

Supertaster

Answer 1

a person who is more sensitive to certain tastes than most others; taste is experienced with far greater intensity, especially bitter

Question 2

Miraculin

Answer 2

a protein found in the fleshy part of a miracle berry that has a taste changing effect whereby a sweet taste is perceived

Question 3

Synaethesia

Answer 3

perceptual experience in which stimulation of one sense involuntarily produces additional sensations in another

Question 4

Perception

Answer 4

process by which meaning is given to incoming sensory information

Question 5

Perceptual set

Answer 5

a temporary readiness to perceive something in accordance with expectations of what it is

Question 6

Gustatory perception

Answer 6

taste perception

Question 7

Top-down processing

Answer 7

a perceptual process that starts ‘at the top’ with higher level ‘cognitive processing’ in the brain and then works ‘down’ from the whole to the details

Question 8

Bottom-up processing

Answer 8

the perceptual process starts ‘at the bottom’ with raw sensory information that is sent ‘up’ to the brain for higher level mental ‘processing’

Question 9

Spatial neglect

Answer 9

a neurological disorder whereby individuals are unable to notice anything either on their left or right side even though there may be no sensory loss; also called visual neglect