Sensory Processes

How can people use sensory processes in a practical way?

They can be used to persuade people. They can be used to influence a person's perception. They can be used to calm you down by listening to soothing music.

How are the chemical senses different from the non-chemical senses?

They require chemical receptors in addition to neurons for sending messages to your brain.

T/F For a smell to register in your brain, first you must inhale odor molecules into the nasal cavity.

True

T/F Your body is in a constant state of transduction.

True

transduction

a physical stimulus is converted into nerve impulses

How does transduction allow your body to experience its senses?

by converting the sensory messages into neural impulses

The instant a sensory message reaches your body, _____ convert the message into neural impulses.

receptors

retina cochlea taste buds olfactory epithelium

responsible for sight transduction responsible for hearing transduction responsible for taste transduction responsible for smell transduction

The sound waves vibrate against the eardrum, _____.

sending more vibrations throughout the middle ear

Which of the following four senses experience transduction?

sight smell hearing taste

umami

sometimes called the fifth sense; associated with monosodium glutamate and high-protein foods

receptors

special cells that convert energy into signals for the nervous system

Which two senses are considered "chemical senses"?

taste and smell