Exam 7: Sensation and Perception

Which of the following sequences correctly orders some of the structures that can be involved in flavour perception, from first to last?

Describe the experiment by McGurk and McDonald (1976) that revealed a phenomenon known as "the McGurk effect".

All the sensory pathways, except for the olfactory pathway, travel to the brain passing through the __________, a structure sited in the middle of the brain above the brainstem which regulates the flow of information around the brain.

The fovea is responsible for high-acuity vision in bright conditions. In fact, __________ are entirely absent from its surface.

JND stands for __________.

The __________ is a complex folded structure which alters the high frequencies of a sound wave. This structure aids localization in the __________ plane.

We can spot a familiar __________ in a crowd incredibly quickly. This ability is mediated by a specialized area in the temporal lobe known as __________.

The ganglion cell's __________ consists of a small portion of the retina which evokes a cellular response when it's hit by light.

The __________ and the __________ are specialized in the processing of faces and bodies, respectively.

Which of the following statements most accurately describe the two dimensions of odour perception?

Which fibres are involved in the sensation of steady pressure caused by a tight ring?

Perceptual constancy of object size and shape is possible thank to our visual system's ability to detect __________ cues from the environment.

Describe how the brain processes faces referring to the neural model proposed by Haxby, Hoffman, and Gobbini (2000).

The __________ pathway is to __________ as the __________is to dorsal.

Describe the two processing stages taking place during a cognitive task defined by the signal detection theory.

What methodological framework allows to measure how observer decisions are influenced both by sensory factors and by decision factors?

Which of the following statements is a CORRECT description of 'population coding'?

Name the three main classes of ganglion cells

The ability to identify objects by active touch alone is called __________.

Different sensory modalities always act independently from one another and rarely exchange sensory information.