The Five Senses In the Brain

Neurological DisordersLesson 1.4

How do our brains interpret the environment?Do NowReview last nights homework with a partner.

Frontal lobeParietal lobeOccipital lobeTemporal lobeCerebellumSpinal CordBrainstemVisionThe Five Senses in our BrainsWhich lobe is responsible for vision?

Frontal lobeParietal lobeOccipital lobeTemporal lobeCerebellumSpinal CordBrainstemVisionThe Five Senses in our BrainsWhich lobe is responsible for touch?Touch

Frontal lobeParietal lobeOccipital lobeTemporal lobeCerebellumSpinal CordBrainstemVisionThe Five Senses in our BrainsWhich lobe is responsible for hearing?TouchHearing

Frontal lobeParietal lobeOccipital lobeTemporal lobeCerebellumSpinal CordBrainstemVisionThe Five Senses in our BrainsWhich lobe is responsible for smell?TouchHearingSmell

Frontal lobeParietal lobeOccipital lobeTemporal lobeCerebellumSpinal CordBrainstemVisionThe Five Senses in our BrainsWhich lobe is responsible for taste?TouchHearingSmellTasteSensation and PerceptionWhat is sensation?The immediate and basic experience generated when stimuli active our sensory systems.

What is perception?The interpretation of sensations.

What is the difference?Perceptions vary widely among us.Sensations are pretty constant among us.Now, a short demonstration of sensation and perception

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJG698U2Mvo

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Frontal lobeParietal lobeOccipital lobeTemporal lobeCerebellumSpinal CordBrainstemPerception in our BrainsResolves conflicts between different sensory inputsInsular cortex (inside)Resolves discrepancies between what we see and touchVisionTouchHearingSmellTasteSensation and Perception Station LabWrap Up: Why are our brains tricked?Our brains are receiving conflicting sensory information, and they are doing their best to explain these conflicting senses.

Station #5 AuditoryOctave Illusionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octave_illusionStation #5 AuditoryMcGurk Effect