PSYC 2240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Olfactory Bulb, Tongue Map, Color Constancy
15 Jun 2016
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3 types of cones, each sensitive to diff set of wavelengths. Cortex compares all info received from retina to determine the brightness and color perception for each area. Echolocation: fatal flaw--> echolocation cannot bounce off a hole. Dan uses a cane plus echolocation, ben thinks its just a handicap. Dan kish believes the best method is to use both a cane as well as echolocation. In adult humans, taste buds are concentrated along the outside edge of the tongue --> don"t follow the tongue map myth. However, the spot in the centre does not really have tastebuds. We can identify a wide variety of bitter substances because we have many different bitter receptors (textbook question) -> hundreds olfactory receptors carry their messages to the. -> olfactory bulb a person who sees spoken language or music may be experiencing. -> synesthesia (means they associate colors to words, or smells to colors etc. )
