PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Phantom Limb, Middle Ear, Mechanistic Organic Photochemistry

• School: University of Virginia
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Dodson

Document Summary

Women smell better than men chemical receptors in the nose olfactory endothelium only sense where the information does not go to the thalamus smell is fundamentally tied to taste: hearing. 2 key characteristics for sound: frequency of a sound wave is related to the pitch of a sound amplitude of a sound wave is related to loudness of a sound. Purpose of the structures in the ear: measure frequency and amplitude, outer ear: acts as a funnel to direct sound waves towards inner structures, middle ear: consists of three small bones (or ossicles) that amplify the sound. Inner ear: contains the structures that convert the sound into a neural response. Hearing loss is specialized to high frequency noise. Right ear is more sensitive in processing speech-like sounds: touch. Three main sensations: pressure, warmth, cold. Separate nerve pathways for pain than there are for touch. Normal: initial, sharp pain followed by a dull, throbbing pain.