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Adaptation -How does it work? |
-process through which eyes adjust to dim light -works by regeneration process in rods and cones |
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Prosopagnia |
-when ability to recognize faces is lost |
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Phi-Phenomenon -how does it relate to movies? |
-illusion of movement is created by stationary lights flashed in succession -movies, think we are seeing moving picture but its a series of pics flashed in succession |
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Pitch |
-psychological experience that occurs from auditory processing of a particular frequency of sound |
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Amplitude |
-psychological experience that results from change in loudness |
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Where does transduction occur? |
-cochlea |
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Pain |
an adaptive response by the body to any stimulus intense enough to cause tissue damage |
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Pain Receptors -what are the called? -how are they activated? |
-called nociceptors -externally by heat or severe pressure -internally by inflammation of tissues or joints |
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Kinesthesia |
ability to sense movement or position of ones body parts |
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Olfaction |
technical term for sense of smell |
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Olfactory Receptors -where? -how many? |
-upper region of nasal cavity -humans have 1000+ |
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Pheromones |
chemicals released that cause a specific reaction by other species -humans don't have them |
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4 Basic Tastes -Possible 5th? |
sweet, salty, bitter sour -umami (meaty, savory) |
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Flavor |
-term used to describe meal experience -influenced by taste, smell, expectations, appearance |
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What are taste receptors sensitive to? |
specific kinds of taste molecules |
