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Which one of these is NOT one of the five main senses?
Which one of these is NOT one of the five main senses?
- Balance (correct)
- Taste
- Touch
- Smell
What does the area of Sensation and Perception examine?
What does the area of Sensation and Perception examine?
- The relationship between sensation and perception (correct)
- The effects of aging on sensation
- The impact of culture on perception
- The role of neurons in sensation
Why do we study sensation and perception?
Why do we study sensation and perception?
- To understand how our brain processes information (correct)
- To develop new technologies for sensory enhancement
- To explore the role of perception in decision making
- To improve our ability to detect stimuli
What is transduction?
What is transduction?
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What is the field of psychophysics?
What is the field of psychophysics?
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Study Notes
Five Main Senses
- Intuition is NOT one of the five main senses.
Sensation and Perception
- The area of Sensation and Perception examines the process by which we receive information from our environment, and how our brain interprets this information to create our conscious experience of the world.
Importance of Studying Sensation and Perception
- We study sensation and perception to understand how we interact with the world around us, and how we interpret and respond to stimuli.
Transduction
- Transduction is the process by which energy from the environment is converted into a signal that can be interpreted by the nervous system.
Psychophysics
- The field of psychophysics studies the relationship between physical stimuli and their subjective experience.
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