PSY280H1 Study Guide - Haptic Perception, Muscle Spindle, Visual Cortex

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY280H1
• Professor: saverino

Document Summary

Think of som of body think of touch. Touch allows us to interact with environment, effectionate. Tocuh we use when cant see objects looking through purse. Temp relative to temp, regulate internal state and external env. Somat dtetcing threat to body notice when there is threat to internal state. Prop detect limbs in space postion kinesthesia type of propsenation intercgangably. Thermo changes in temp heat vs cold. Propiceptor allow us detect position if limbs all receptors linked to fibers. Diff fibers for dif senses like vison and hearing segregated independt and inergrate higher levels. Nociceptor pain identify damage to skin or internal organs. Epi dead skin of dermis provides barrier of moisture. Dermis machno rec and rec to touch and dermis largest layer as die pushed to dermis. Skin largestheaviest organ, 15 feet extende and 10 pound, complex. Glab will be palms hands and feetsole, lips, fingertips toes genitals and eye lids.