Perception & Sensation

Ears stimulated by vibrations are called

• Chemoreceptors

• Photoreceptors

• Mechanoreceptors

• Nociceptorw

Specialized forms of neurons, cells that make up nervous system

Refers to the fact that perceptions are built from sensory input.

• Bottom-up processing

• Top-down processing

• Sensation

• Perception

Three aspects of perception light

Considered the dominant sense of humans .

• Touch

• Vision

• Hearing

• Smell & Taste

Amplitude

• Frequency of pitch

• Timbre

• Hue

• Volume

Responsible for color vision and sharpness of vision

The sense of smell that is responsive to chemical stimuli.

• Gustation

• Odarants

• Olfaction

• Anosmia

Two major types of epithelial cell

Umami means

• Sour

• Bitter

• Delicious

• Sweet