Unit IV vocab (2nd half)

Our movement sense- our system for sensing the position and movement of individual body parts.

A depth cue that depends on the use of two eyes.

Our sense of body movement and position that enables our sense of balance.

The ability to adjust to a changed sensory input, like a displaced or inverted visual field.

The rate of nerve impulses traveling up the auditory nerve- enabling us to sense its pitch.

Theory that the spinal cord contains a neurological gate that blocks or allows pain signals.

The sense of smell.

Illusion of movement - when two or more adjacent lights blink on & off in quick succession.

Hearing loss caused by damage to the cochlea's receptor cells or to the auditory nerves.

Theory that links the pitch we hear with the place where the cochlea's membrane is stimulated.

Perceiving movement in a rapid series of slightly varying images.

This is the coiled, bony, fluid-filled tube in the inner ear.

An organized whole. Our tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes.

Hearing loss caused by damage to the mechanical system that sends sound waves to the cochlea.

Perceiving objects as having the same hue, even if changing illumination alters the wavelengths

A tone’s experienced highness or lowness; depends on frequency.

The organization of the visual field into objects that stand out from their surroundings.

The number of complete wavelengths that pass a point in a given time (for ex. per second).