The Other Senses Crossword Puzzle

The Other Senses

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Conducted the Sweaty t-shirt test (1976)

(Perceptual property of sound) Intensity/amplitude

Loss of sense of smell (can result from head trauma or sinus damage)

Part of the brain and part of the process of smelling

Smell and taste are known as the _________ senses, as the nose and tongue register ______ substances

first part of the ear to vibrate

Part of the outer brain that deals with sound

(Perceptual property of sound) Frequency (Hz) - AKA: the speed

Outside bit of the ear - directs vibrations into the ear canal

Receptors for temperature

Receptors that transmit information about pain and damage stimulation

Cochlear ________ can be placed in the ear to replace non-functioning or damaged hair cells

Olfaction is largely processed in the _______ hemisphere

Allows us to understand what we are experiencing (brings the senses together) e.g. spacial mapping/hand-eye coordination

Can alert us to look at something (because our ears are at the sides of our head)

Language is largely processed in the _______ hemisphere

Damage to the parietal lobe (e.g. not being able to feel the shape of things)

A model of which senses are used the most (e.g. has big hands)

Destruction of this or the auditory brain areas would result in total deafness

(Perceptual property of sound) Mix of all physical properties - AKA: quality

(Touch receptor) Includes receptors for firmness, shape and texture

(One factor tha tinfluences what we hear) context

Perception of touch - allows us to perceive patterns with touch (Braille)

Describes how flexible the brain is in terms of adapting to foreign bodies, damage or loss

(Physical property of sound) Related to amplitude

bent by the vibrations in the cochlea, which then release neurotransmitters, producing neural activity which is sent to the brain stem

Part of the smelling process that detects odourants in the air

(One factor tha tinfluences what we hear) past

Needed to smell - you can't smell when you are asleep

(preciseness) is much worse for hearing than vision, but extends 360 degrees

Found in sweat, can be picked up by olfaction

Must be transmitted through a medium, which means there is not sound in a vacuum as there are no _______

(Physical property of sound) Literally the length of one wave

Improvement in speech recognition when the face of the talker is made visible (Grant & Braida, 1991)

(Physical property of sound) The amount of waves

where a sound's physical vibrations are transduced into electrical signals in the auditory nerve (like photoreceptors/retina in the eye)

(Physical property of sound) AKA: intensity (dB) Sine wave representation of the pressure waves above (height of wave)

The part of the ear leading to the eardrum

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