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Senses of Hearing and Taste
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Sensation and PerceptionHearing and Taste
Up to 4000 hZ: All hairs fire in sync with the frequency of the sound (Temporal Coding)
Over 4000 hZ: Different areas of the Basilar Membrane fire depending on the frequency of the sound (Place Coding)
Temporal Lobe processing:
Primary Auditory Cortex
Right PAC: Left Ear
Left PAC: Right Ear
Localization
Sound reaches our ears at different times
You don’t know it but your brain does
Your brain does the localization for you.
Sensation and PerceptionTaste and Smell
Sensing and Perceiving Taste
Basic taste detection
SweetSourBitterSaltyYUMMY (taste intensity)
Different tastes are NOT located on different parts of the tongue
All different taste buds are uniformly distrubuted on the tongue and in the throat
Just like combinations of colors create millions more, combinations of taste bud responses, processed in the brain lead to…...
Sensing and Perceiving Taste
Other factors in taste perception
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