Hearing
Taste and Smell
Touch
Challenge Questions
Fun Questions
100
How does the physiology of the ear help us ear sound?
The outer and middle ear (pinna and ear canal) gather and amplify sound
100
What are the 5 basic tastes?
Sweet, Salty, Sour, Bitter, Unami
100
What is Haptics?
Touch
100
Name all 4 parts of the ear labeled in the following image.
A: Pinna B: Ossicles C: Stapes D: Ear drum
100
What is the Professors first and last name?
Trent Wirth
200
What is the McGurk effect?
Auditory illusions that involve auditory information and visual information, resulting in an effect in auditory perception.
200
How many taste buds do we have?
~10,000
200
What are the 3 different types of touch?
Cutaneous, Haptic, Dynamic
200
Our class data on 2-point thresholds are graphed above. Based on this graph, which body location is MOST acute?
Thumb
200
What is the TA's name?
Avery
300
Amplitude is to Loudness as .... is to ....
Frequency is to Pitch
300
What are the receptors for smell called?
Olfactory receptors
300
What is peripheral neuropathy?
The loss of haptic perception and proprioception
300
What are the 4 types of Papillae?
Filiform, Fungiform, Foliate, Circumvallate
300
Does color exist?
No, it is a psychological phenomenon! (wow so fun and really makes the world so bright)
400
Three pure tones (one of 500 Hz, one of 1000Hz, and one of 1500 Hz) would show how many spikes in a power spectrum?
Three
400
What is Microsmatic?
Having the sense of smell weakly developed.
400
What is the Homunculus?
A visual representation of what humans would look like if our body parts size were based on sensitivity to touch
400
True or False: There IS NOT a systematic relation between olfactory stimuli (oder molecules) and olfactory experience
True
400
What kind of room has no doors or windows?
A mushroom :0
500
What is the decibel scale?
A scale used to measure the sound intensity we relate perceived loudness to the logarithm of sound pressure
500
What is Neurogenesis? Bonus 100: How often does it occur for taste receptors?
The process of new neurons being formed in the brain.
It occurs every 1-2 weeks for taste receptors.
500
Define proprioception. Bonus 200: define exteroception and exproprioception
Proprioception: awareness of body configuration
Exteroception: awareness of objects
Exproprioception: awareness of objects/world relative to our bodies
500
What do the muscle spindles and golgi tendon organs do?
Muscle spindles: stretch receptors and detect changes in muscle length
Golgi tendon organ: detects when muscle generates force
500
What is seen in the middle of March and April that can't be seen at the beginning or the end of either month?
The letter 'R'