Choose and describe one human sensory system (touch, sight, hearing, smell or taste). Use the following source to support your analysis:
Bear, M., Connors, B., & Paradiso, M. A. (2020). Neuroscience: Exploring the brain: Exploring the brain, enhanced edition (4th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning. https://www.jblearning.com/catalog/productdetails/9781284211283 (Links to an external site.) ISBN-10: 1284211282, ISBN-13: 978-1284211283 and ONE source from the following:
• A large collection of varied sensory and perception tests or demonstrations. Scroll down until you see the heading “Sensation and Perception” https://psych.hanover.edu/Krantz/tutor.html#Biopsychology/Physiopsychology (Links to an external site.)
• Example neurologic exams (video) https://neurologicexam.med.utah.edu/adult/html/sensory_normal.html (Links to an external site.)
• Zeiss Inc. online vision screening. This is not a promoted company and only use the tests for educational purposes. Do not pay for anything and beware of any possible marketing pitches https://visionscreening.zeiss.com/en-US [Data Collection Available]
• Auditory Testing with an experiment you can run https://isle.hanover.edu/ and look for “Frequency Response of the Ear”. Browse the website for other tests of other modalities. [Data Collection Available]
• A cool biological motion imitation engine with user modifiable movement parameters including gender, happiness, and more. https://www.biomotionlab.ca/html5-bml-walker/ (Links to an external site.)
• Red/Green Stoplight – Online Reaction Time test https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/java/redgreen.html [Data Collection Available]
Part 1 (200 words minimum):
– Identify the sense.
– Briefly describe its related sensory receptors.
– Briefly explain how they “transduce” physical stimuli.
– List the main regions of the nervous system that bring this information into the primary sensory cortex for that sense.
– Try to explain what happens to this sensory information as it moves to ever higher levels of the nervous system, transforming raw inputs to conscious sensations.
Part 2 (200 words minimum):
– Explain the significance of this knowledge (why you care about this information and how it could inform understanding or decision making in a variety of situations including psychological or medical treatment, law or employment, culture, and diversity).
