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mod 20 unit 4
hearing
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| hearing | audition |
| the number of wavelengths that pass a point in a given time | frequency |
| a tone's highness or lowness | pitch |
| chamber between the eardrum and cochlea containing 3 tiny bones | middle ear |
| a coiled, bony, fluid filled tube in the inner ear | cochlea |
| the innermost part of the ear that contains the cochlea | inner ear |
| hearing loss caused by damage of the cochlea's receptors or to the auditory nerves | sensorineural hearing loss |
| hearing loss caused by damage to the mechanical system that conducts sound waves to the cochlea | conduction hearing loss |
| a device that converts sounds into electrical signals and stimulating the auditory nerve through the electrodes threaded into the cochlea | cochlear implant |
| theory that links the pitch we hear with the place where the cochlea's membrane is stimulated | place theory |
| the theory that the rate of nerve impulses traveling up the auditory nerve matches the frequency of a tone | frequency theory |
| the theory that the spinal cord contains a gate that blocks pain signals and is opened up by the activity of pain signals | gate-control theory |
| olfaction | |
| sense of movement position and body movement | kinesthesia |
| our sense of body movement and position that enables our sense of balance | vestibular sense |
| one sense influences another | sensory interaction |
| the influence of bodily sensations, gestures, and other states of cognitive preferences and judgements | embodied cognition |
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julianna merrill
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