PSY100H1 Lecture 8: Lec 08
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Lobular approach (problem: interaction of lobes; e. g. higher order functioning) Transduction of energy (transduce into neural code flow of sodium into the cell) Taste and olfactory: chemical molecules in the air and food into receptors. Pain: tissue damage releases a chemical that activates a certain neurotransmitter to experience pain. Specific part of the world to which a sensory receptor responds. Provides a unique view of the world for each sensory system. Overall trying to allow us to locate things in space. Stimulus configuration or visual info when we run. Changes in intensity of a sound because of our changing location. Higher density of sensory receptors leads to increased sensitivity. Two-point sensitivity ability to recognize the presence of 2 pencil pts close together. Fovea (internal of the eye) increased density of cone cells, increases ability to make sensitive colour discrimination in bright light. Peripheral retina increased density of rod cells, increased sensitivity for light.
