Absolute Threshold Chart

What is the average absolute threshold of touch?

Feeling the wing of a fly falling on your cheek.

What are the receptors of hearing?

Hair cells in the inner ear

What is the average absolute threshold of hearing?

Hearing a watch from 20 feet away.

What are the receptors of touch?

Nerve endings in the skin

What are the receptors of vision?

Rods and cones in the retina

What is the average absolute threshold of vision?

Seeing a candle flame from 30 miles away on a clear night.

What are the receptors of smell?

Receptor cells in the nose

What is the average absolute threshold of smell?

Smelling one drop of perfume through a small house.

What are the receptors of taste?

Taste buds

What is the average absolute threshold of taste?

Tasting one teaspoon of sugar dissolved in 2 gallons of water.

What is absolute threshold?

The weakest amount of stimulus a person can detect.

What are the five senses?

Vision, touch, hearing, taste, and smell