ch 3?

sense of balance

• proprioception

• hypoesthesia

• kinesthesis

• vestibular sense

binocular depth cue that informs the brain about the distance of a stimulus

• retinal disparity

• convergence

• linear perception

• motion parallax

physical property of some energies that corresponds to the height of wave peaks

• amplitude

• wavelength

• pulsation

• waveform

point in the brain where optic nerves from the left eye and right eye meet

• optic nerve

• optic tract

• optic chasm

• parietal cortex

part of the eye that lies behind the pupil; focuses light rays on the retina

• cornea

• pupil

• lens

• iris

bump on the tongue that many people mistake for taste buds

• papilla

• foliate

• lingual tonsil

• epiglottis

sense of smell

• olfaction

• echolocation

• mastication

• transduction

proposes that pitch is decoded by firing frequency of hair cells on the basilar membrane

• volley theory

• Weber's law

• place theory

• frequency theory

sense of taste

• gustation

• audition

• proprioception

ability to sense the positioning of body parts in relation to one another and space

• kinesthesis

• kinanesthesia

• hypoesthesia

• proprioception