Sensational Senses
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Which of the following is NOT traditionally considered one of the five human senses?

  • Touch
  • Smell
  • Sight
  • Balance (correct)

    • What is the process of gathering information about the world through the detection of stimuli called?

  • Cognition
  • Sensation (correct)
  • Transduction
  • Perception

    • What are sensory organs composed of?

  • Bones
  • Nerves
  • Muscles
  • Sensory cells (correct)

    • What relays sensory information to and from the brain and body?

    <p>Cranial and spinal nerves</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are sensation and perception fundamental to?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Sensation and perception are only important for human cognition, behavior, and thought?

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Non-human organisms have a greater variety and number of senses compared to humans?

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Sense organs collect stimuli for transduction, which is the transformation of stimuli into a form that can be understood by the brain?

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: A sensory organ consists of a group of unrelated sensory cells that respond to a specific type of physical stimulus?

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Cranial and spinal nerves relay sensory information to and from the brain and body?

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

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