Basic Principles
As a person ages, their _ threshold tends to increase as they require a stimulus of higher frequency.
absolute
_ is able to control the amount of light that enters the eye.
Pupil
The _ is the relay station that sends auditory information to the auditory cortex.
Thalamus
Higher frequency sounds are perceived as _ pitched
higher
The _ is the smallest possible difference between two stimuli that can be detected 50% of the time
difference threshold
Within the visual anatomy, transduction occurs in the _
Retina
_ is where the optic nerve leaves the eye
Optic disc
This sensory receptor is for kinesthetic sense and can be found in our muscles and joints.
Proprioceptors
_ contains rods and cones, while _ only contains cones.
Retina
Fovea
_ suggests that we have different types of cones (red, green, blue) allowing us to have color vision.
Trichromatic Theory
_ are sensory receptors that are responsible for sensing the chemical energy of pain.
Nociceptors
Drugs like LSD can cause people to hear and see things that aren’t there. This is an example of _.
Hallucinating
_ would support that when you read a book and then close it, the book is not changing shape.
Perceptual Constancies
The basilar membrane runs the length of the cochlea and contains hair cells that are crucial in _.
Auditory Transduction
An individual is able to walk through their home in the dark due to _.
top-down processing
Larger buildings right beside each other can cause a(n) _, even though the buildings are farther away than expected.
Illusion
Liliana grew up going to the fair throughout her childhood. Anytime she smells fair foods like funnel cakes and corn dogs, she remembers all the great times she visited the fair with her family. This involves a connection between what?
Olfactory bulb and limbic system (hippocampus)
The olfactory bulb does not pass through the thalamus, but instead directly passes information to ....
Other brain areas amygdala (emotion) & hippocampus (memory)
OR
Limbic system