Sight
Condition where people have a partial or complete inability to distinguish colors.
What is Color Blindness?
How high or low a sound is, measured in Hz.
What is Frequency/Wavelength?
Part of the tongue where taste cells are located.
What are Taste Buds?
Part of the body that contains receptors for our sense of touch.
What is Skin?
The stimulation of sensory receptors and the transmission of sensory information to the central nervous system.
What is Sensation?
Part of the eye that filters the amount of light entering.
What is the Pupil?
Measurement for volume.
What is a Decibel (dB)?
One of the primary tastes, described as a savory flavor.
What is Umami?
This sensation is used as a warning system for our bodies.
What is pain?
The process through which sensory stimulation is interpreted.
What is Perception?
Height of a light wave, affects perception of brightness.
What is Amplitude?
Name for the visible part of our ear.
What is the Pinna?
Studies show that females are more likely to be this than males.
What are Supertasters?
The technical term for the pressure, temperature, and pain sensation that our sense of touch picks up.
What is Tactile Stimulation?
The minimum amount of a stimulus that can be detected.
What is Absolute Threshold?
A visual impression that lingers in our vision after we look away from the object.
What is an Afterimage?
Prolonged exposure to sounds of this volume or greater can potentially lead to hearing loss.
What is 85 dB?
Substance in body that breaks down scents into basic chemical compounds.
What is Mucus?
Pain signals being sent to the brain can also cause this type of response.
What is an Emotional Response?
This minor sense monitors the movements of our body parts.
What is the Kinesthetic System?
Photoreceptors that allow us to see in black and white.
What are Rods?
Name for the bony tube inside the ear that contains neurons.
What is the Cochlea?
Our sense of smell is the only sense that doesn't pass through this part of the brain.
What is the Thalamus?
The number of receptor types that exist in the skin.
What is 6?
The idea that our ability to perceive sensory information depends not only on the strength of the stimuli, but also other internal and external factors.