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psych U4M21
other senses
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the 3 skin senses | pressure, warmth/cold, pain |
| 2 other skin sensations that are variations of basic skin senses | tickle, ithciness |
| gate control theory (pain) | the spinal cord has a neurological gate that blocks or allows pain signals to the brain |
| what are the sensory receptors for pain called&job? | the sensory receptors for pain are nociceptors. they detect hurtful temperatures, pressures, and chemicals |
| biopsychosocial theory | our experience of pain is more than just neural messages to the brain |
| 4 methods to control pain | acupuncture, electrical stimulation, thought distraction, exercise |
| taste/gustation | |
| taste buds/papillae | |
| the five basic food tastes | sweet, salty, sour, bitter, unami |
| how is taste different from flavor | taste can be impacted by expectations |
| smell/olfactory sense | sensory impulses are directed to the cerebral cortex where we can sense smell, aroma, etc |
| olfactory bulb/epithelium | processes odor info |
| vomeronasal organ | |
| pheremones | |
| what connection does the sense of the nose have to the brain | |
| kinesthesis sense | stretch receptorssensing the position and movement of individual body parts |
| golgi tendon organs | |
| vestibular sense | the sense of body movement and postion, including the sense of balance. |
| vestibular sacs | organs in the inner ear that connect the semicular canals and the cochlea, and contribute to balance |
| define emobodied connections | the influence of bodily sensations, gestures, and other states on cognitive preferences and judgements |
| example of emobdied connection | the smell of mint gum evokes the taste of chewy mint. |
| stretch receptors |
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