PSYC311 Exam 3 Review

Which of the following is NOT a sensory modality?
angular motion
velocity
linear motion
tilt

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Which of the following is NOT a sensory modality?
angular motion
velocity
linear motion
tilt

Which of the following are NOT vestibular organs?
otolith
cochlea
semicircular canals
saccule

______ ______ serve as mechanoreceptors that sense pressure, vibration, and movement.

If I were to turn my head to the left the sterocilia on the left side of my head would bend towards the ______ sterocilia and _______neurotransmitter would be released

Motion sickness in the car occurs because there is a discrepancy between sensory modalities (vision and vestibular system) true or false

Tactile receptors are located in the outer layer of the skin, as well as in the underlying layers of skin, also known as the _______ layer.

Touch receptors that respond to pressure, vibration, and movement, are best categorized as ______________.

mechanoreceptors

Which of the following is NOT a type of tactile receptor?
ruffini
pacinian
merkel
noican
messiner

Noiceptors are key for our ability to interpret changes in skin temperature.
true or false

Wilder Penfield was able to map out the somatosensory cortex in locating which regions elicit sensations on various bodily areas. This work enabled the depiction of the _________, which graphically displays the relative size of bodily areas based on how much of the somatosensory cortex is devoted to these areas.