Unit 5 Sensation and Perception Review

controversial claim that perception can occur apart form sensory imput

one sense may influence another, as when the smell of food influences taste

hearing loss caused by damage to the mechanical system

central focal point in the retina

Depth cues that depend on the use of 2 eyes

pridicting how and when we detect the presence of a faint stimulus amid background stimulation

explores how people and macines interact and how machines and physical enviornment can be safe

our tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes.

transforming of stimulus energies into neural impulses our brains can interpret

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

The chamber between the eardrum and cochlea containing 3 tiny bones

the retina contains three different color receptors, blue, green, red

System for sensing the position and movement of individual body parts

comparing two images from the retinas of the eye

theory that allows or blocks the sensation of pain

Simultaneosly processing information for many function including vision

Process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimuli

a mental predisposition to precieve one thing and not another

process of organizing and interpreting sensory information

the sense of balance

ability to see objects in 3 dimensions alothough the image are 2-dimensional

nerve cells in the brain that respond to specific features of the stimulus

to be percieved as different, 2 stimuli must differ by a constant minimum percentage

number of complete wavelengths that pass a point in a given time

minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus 50% of the time

coiled bony fluid-filled tube in the inner ear through which sound waves trigger nerve impulses