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What is sensation
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What is sensation the stimulation of sensory receptors ( the Feeling )
What is perception the interpretation of the feeling
What is absolute Threshold weakest amount of stimulus that can be sensed
What is Sensory Adaptation Becoming more sensitive to weak stimuli and less sensitive to unchanging stimuli
What is vision no other sense allows use to gather as much information
Roy G. BIV main colors of the spectrum
Retina ? Sensitive surface on the eye
How does sound travel ? Through the air in waves
Pitch ? How high or low the sound is
What is loudness of a sound determined by ? The height of the amplitude
What is loudness measured in ? Decibels (db)
Where's the middle ear outer ear to eardrum
Where's the inner ear behind the ear drum
what is conductive deafness Occurs due to damage to the middle ear
What is senor ineural deafness Caused by damage to the inner ear could be caused by disease, prolonged exposure to loud sounds
That ringing sensation in your ear after a loud concert ? neurons were destroyed
when older people say their food has no taste lost sense of smell
What does eating hot foods and scraping your tounge do ? Kills the cells , but renew within a week
Skin senses ? Pressure, tempatature & pain
Whats pain originates at the point of contact
What is the gate theory of pain ? pinching your arm can relieve the pain in your toe
Why do amputee patients ecperience " phantom" limb the nerves in the stump of the missing limp activate and neural citciuts have memories of the limb being there
verstibular sense ? tells you whether you are physically upright 9 helps balance
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