The brain
This is the fundamental buidling block of the nervous system
Neuron
By using this sense Virgil was able to help himself to make sense of the overwhelming visual world
touch
Sensation is to detection as visual perception is to
interpretation
The physical ability to detect sound waves through the ear.
hearing
Located in the inner ear, a Spiral-shaped structure which means snail shell). Tiny hair cells line the inside of it and when sound vibrations reach these hair cells, they transmit signals to your auditory nerve.
Cochlea
This part of the nuron carries messages away to other neurons
axon
Virgil was lacking this even after gaining sight which hindered his ability to make sense of the visual world.
visual memory
This is the gateway to all other cognitions
perception
How the brain assigns meaning to those sounds, separates speech from noise, and recognizes patterns.
auditory perception
This is the light sensitive layer at the back of the eye that allows you to see
Retina
86 billion
the number of neurons in the human brain
Virgil's experience shows that working eyes are not enough and that this is other part of the body is crucial for being able to visually perceive the world.
Brain
Being able to identify a chair in different angles as a chair demonstrates this concept of visual perception.
viewpoint invariance
Peripheral auditory system is separated into three parts which are:
outer ear, inner ear, middle ear
detecting a sound is an example of this
hearing/auditory sensation
The brain is made to do this
change
The case of BI demonstrates this concept of cognitive science.
plasticity
Rods and Cones are both these specialized neurons in the retena
photoreceptors
This is the result of a physical vibration that disturbs surrounding air particles, causing them to move back and forth in a wavelike manner.
sound
identifying where light is coming from is an example of this
visual perception
This lobe is the primary center for processing visual information
Occipital
This part of the occipital lobe was missing for BI, yet he was still able to engage in sight and visual perception.
primary visual cortex
Transferring physical stimuli into a neural language our brains can understand is known as what?
transduction
Your inner ear contains a spiral-shaped structure called the
cochlea
This mechanism selectively focuses our cognitive resources on certain aspects of sensory input and works with perception to help make sense of the world
Attention