PSY-220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Auditory Cortex, Central Nervous System, Spinal Nerve

• School: University of Tampa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY-220
• Professor: Odgaard, Eric C

Document Summary

Sound and the ear: humans experience hearing by detecting sound waves, sound waves are periodic compressions of air, water, and other media, sound waves vary in amplitude and frequency. The auditory cortex: the primary auditory cortex (area a1) is the destination for most information from the auditory system, located in the superior temporal cortex, each hemisphere receives most of its information from the opposite ear. Organization of the auditory cortex: parallels that of the visual cortex, superior temporal cortex allows detection of motion of sound, area a1 is important for auditory imagery. Chapter six: other sensory systems: requires experience to develop properly, axons leading from the auditory cortex develop less in people deaf. Hearing loss since birth: two categories of hearing impairment, conductive or middle ear deafness, if were being technically accurate, this can also happen in the outer ear, in one case, nerve deafness or inner ear deafness.