Exam 6: Other Sensory Systems

One difference between labeled-line coding and across-fiber pattern coding is that labeled-line is ____.​

The scala media makes up part of the ____.​

Following exposure to painful stimuli,brain activation is limited to the somatosensory cortex.​

Olfaction also plays a subtle role in ____.​

The scala vestibuli makes up part of the ____.​

A distinctive feature of itch is that it relies on ____.​

The structure that we commonly refer to as the ear (on the outside of the head)is formally known as the ____.​

Which ability would be most impaired with damage to the vestibular senses?​

The ____ of a sound is the number of compressions per second.​

Briefly describe the behavioral effects of pheromones in humans.​

We can identify a wide variety of bitter substances because ____.​

Somatosensory information travels from the thalamus to which area of the cortex?​

Studies with placebos and studies using hypnotism suggest that much of the reduction in pain is the result of decreased activation in the ____.​

In terms of sound localization,low frequencies are to ____ differences,as high frequencies are to ____ differences.​

Meissner's corpuscles are ____.​

The current view of how we perceive high frequencies is based on ____.​

According to the frequency theory,the ____.​

The pinna helps us identify the location of a sound.​

Stimulation of a touch receptor opens ____ channels in the axon.​

Loudness is to ____ as pitch is to ____.​