Psychology 2210A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Tapetum Lucidum, Mantis Shrimp, Olfactory Bulb

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2210A/B
• Professor: Krista Macpherson

Document Summary

Sensory system evolution, development, and function across species. All cognitive processes are influenced at least initially by sensory input. Sensory systems are the first point of contact between an organism and their environment. Sensory information is transmitted to the central nervous system and on to different brain re where is it processed (ie: perception wednesday"s lecture) we don"t have cognition without sensation and perception. What is it like to be a bat. Bats use echolocation, for most humans, this is something we never experience. All cognitive processes are influenced, at least initially, by sensory input. This makes the understanding of sensory system evolution, development, and function across species very important. Sensory systems provide the first point of contact between an organism and its environment. Information about the sensory world is used when animals remember events, navigate through new territories, and communicate with conspecifics, for example. Interaction between evolution and development of sensory system.