Exam 7: Mechanisms of Perception

Exceptions to the usual tonotopic organization of the auditory system are the deep layers of the ______________,which are laid out according to auditory space.

Hearing loss is sometimes associated with __________ (ringing of the ears).

There seem to be five primary tastes: sweet,sour,bitter,salty,and

The destruction of a single dorsal root typically produces little somatosensory loss because

Sensory systems are hierarchical,parallel,and __________ segregated.

The __________ cortex is considered to be the primary olfactory cortex.

Evidence for the existence of a descending pain-control circuit came from the finding that

Much of the human auditory cortex is invisible to casual inspection because it is in the __________ fissure.

Olfactory receptors are embedded in the

Because functional segregation is an important feature of all sensory systems while perceptions are largely holistic,there is a

Unlike the projections of the other exteroceptive sensory systems,the projections of the gustatory system are primarily

A __________ is an area of the body that is innervated by the dorsal roots of one segment of the spinal cord.

The malleus,incus,and stapes

Each cortical level of a sensory system (primary,secondary,or association)is itself composed of different areas that mediate different psychological processes.This pattern of sensory system organization is referred to as

The permanent effects of bilateral auditory cortex damage are surprisingly minor in primates although they do include disruption of the ability to

We experience change blindness because we have absolutely no memory for parts of a scene that are not the focus of __________.

The visual system is to retinotopic as the auditory system is to

The axons of the auditory nerves synapse in the ipsilateral

For decades,it had been assumed that mammals had only a small number of olfactory

The somatosensory system is