| A | B |
|---|
| chemical senses | taste (gustation) and smell (olfaction) |
| energy senses | Vision (light), hearing (sound waves), and touch (pressure) |
| touch | nerve endings in the skin respond to pressure or change in temperature |
| fingertips | have high nerve concentration |
| pain | is beneficial because it warns of potential harm |
| Gate-Control Theory | the spinal cord, where pain signals are sent, has a neurological “gate” that can block or allow a pain signal to go to the brain. |
| taste (gustation) | buds (tongue and roof of mouth) catch the chemicals of the food |
| babies prefer | sweet and salty foods |
| babies avoid | bitter and sour foods |
| smell | when molecules of that substance reach a cluster of our receptor cells in our nose in the olfactory bulb |
| vestibular sense | balance sense, allows us to move smoothly; helps us walk smoothly |
| kinesthetic sense | senses of position and movement of the body, senses we are aware of only on introspection |
| McGurk effect | occurs when a person perceives that another’s lip movements do not correspond to what that individual is saying |
