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Define sensation

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the manner in which our sense organs receive information from the environment (detection)

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Define perception

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the manner by which people select, organise and interpret sensations (understanding)

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What is transduction?

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The manner by which physical energy is converted into a sensory neural impulses

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What is the organisation of the sensory system in bottom up processing? (5 steps)

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  1. receptors
  2. thalamus
  3. primary sensory cortex
  4. secondary sensory cortex
  5. association cortex
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What are expectations in what you about to see a part of? (which type of processing?)

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top down

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What is the neocortex?

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The sheet of cells covering the rest of the brain

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How many square feet would the neocortex be if it was stretched out?

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about two and a half square feet

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What is the characteristic organisation of the neocortex? (2)

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  • 6 stereotypical layers

- types of cells, spatial arrangements and connections are pretty much in the same in every part of the neocortex

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How is the neocortex organised in mammals in comparison to humans?

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the same characteristic organisation

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What is the primary visual pathway?

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retina-optic nerve-optic chiasm - thalamus - occipital lobe

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What is the primary auditory pathway?

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auditory nerve-cochlear nuclei- superior olivary nuclei -inferior colliculus-medial geniculate-auditory corte

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All senses except olfaction goes through the what?

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thalamus

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Describe what multi-sensory integration means”

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information is assimilated from various sensory systems and coordinated

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What are sound waves caused by?

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rapid changes in air pressure caused by vibrating objects

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What is pitch?

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frequency of vibration measured in hertz

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What is loudness?

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function of sound waves intensity

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What is timbre?

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provides information about the nature or complexity of the sound

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What are 3 components of auditory stimuli?

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  1. pitch
  2. loudness
  3. timbre
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Amplitude is what pereptually?

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loudness

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What is frequency perceptually?

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pitch

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What is complexity conceptually?

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timbre

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Where is the primary auditory receptors located?

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in the inner ear (cochlea)

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What are the hair cells in the cochlea?

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convert sound energy to neural impulses and send them along to the primary auditory cortex

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What is the pinna?

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external ear

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What is the tympanic membrane?
eardrum
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What is the middle ear?
hollow region containing the ossicles
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Where is the middle ear located?
between the tympanic membrane and the cochlea
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What are ossicles?
middle ear bone
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What is the cochlea?
snail shaped structure of the inner ear containing the organ of corti
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What is the organ of corti?
sensory organ for the auditory system
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What are 3 important components for hearing?
1. basilar membrane 2. hair cells 3. tectorial membrane
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What is the oval window?
opening "door" in the cochlea where the stapes is located.
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What is the round window?
opening in the cochlea
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Where is the tectorial membrane?
rests on the hair cells
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What does the basilar membrane have?
a base and an apex
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Where do natural sounds excite the hair cells?
across the membrane
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Where do you hear low frequency sounds?
excites hair cells near the apex
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Where do you hear high frequency sounds?
excited hair cells near the base
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Describe the 2 steps of transduction of auditory information:
1. stimulation of hair cells triggers action potentials in the auditory nerve 2. activated by mechanical movements of the stapes against the oval window
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How much movement is needed to cause an action potential that will generate a noticeable sound?
around 1-100 piccometres
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What are tonotopic maps?
cochlea and auditory cortex arranged according to sound frequencies that most effectively stimulate the cells
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Where are the two areas of the association areas where auditory signals are conducted?
1. prefrontal cortex | 2. posterior cortex
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Which auditory pathway is more involved in identifying WHAT a sound is?
anterior auditory pathway
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Which auditory pathway is more involved in identifying WHERE the sound is?
the posterior cortex
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What are odorants?
molecules that give off a smell
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Where do odorant binds to?
receptors in olfactory cilia
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What are glomeruli?
Clusters of convergent olfactory sensory neurons
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What is gustation?
receptors in tongue and oral cavity in clusters of about 50 called taste buds
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What are the 4 different primary tastes?
sweet, sour, salty, bitter
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What is the 5th primary taste?
umami, meat or savoury
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Do salty and sour have their own receptors?
no, they merely act on ion channels
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What is the gustatory pathway?
receptors solitary tract thalamus cortex
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Somatosensory system is actually 3 separate and interacting systems. What are they?
1. exteroceptive 2. proprioceptive 3. interoceptive
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What is the exteroceptive somatosensory system?
external stimuli
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What is the proprioceptive somatosensory system?
body position
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What is the interoceptive somatosensory system?
internal body conditions (e.g, temperature and blood pressure)
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What is Merkel's disks as a somatosensation
regular touch
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What is meissner's corpuscles, which is a somatosensation receptor?
light touch
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What is pacinian corpuscles, which is a somatosensation receptor?
deep pressure (gradual skin indentation)
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What is ruffini corpuscles, which are a somatosensation receptors?
temperature
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What is a nociceptors, which is a somatosensation receptor?
pain
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What is the dorsal column medial lemniscus system?
a somatosensory pathway associated with mainly touch and proprioception
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What is the anterolateral system?
a somatosensory pathway which is mainly associated with pain and temperature. Goes straight up to the thalamus, which is one of the reasons that we feel pain and temperature so quickly.
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What is hue perceiving?
wavelength
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What is brightness perceiving?
intensity
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What is saturation perceiving?
purity
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What are found only at the fovea?
cones
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What are cones responsible for?
photopic (daytime) vision | high acuity colour information in good lighting
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What are rods responsible for?
``` scotopic (nighttime) vision high sensitivity (allowing to see in low light but lacking detail) ```
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What are found only at the fovea?
cones
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How many rods are retinal ganglion cells representing?
multiple rods
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What is the characteristic response of a lateral geniculate nucleus when light is fully hitting it?
The neurons begin firing like crazy
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What is the flow of visual information?
receptor-visual cortex (striate)-visual cortex (prestriate)- visual association cortex
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As visual information flows through hierarchy, receptive fields become what?
larger and respond to more complex and specific stimuli.
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What is PPC in monkeys?
LIP
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As visual information flows through hierarchy, receptive fields become what?
larger and respond to more complex and specific stimuli.
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What has stronger connectivity in synesthesia patients?
White matter

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