Exam 7: Nonvisual Sensation and Perception

 Professor Stover is lecturing about touch and tells the class that the dorsal column nuclei can be found in the

 ?(see Figure 7.4) Which of the membranes in the cochlea is labeled # 6 in this image?

 As people age, they are most likely to have problems hearing sounds with lower frequencies.

 Perilymph may be found in the _________, whereas endolymph is found in the _________.

 Professor Raimi is lecturing about the ear and tells her class that the hair cells release the neurotransmitter _____ in order to communicate.

 Which type of mechanoreceptor is encapsulated, adapts rapidly, has a small receptive field, and senses pressure?

 Professor Lee tells his class that hair cells will become hyperpolarized or depolarized depending on the activity of the _____ channels.

 Deja is doing a class activity called the two-point discrimination test. Assuming she has no injuries, which part of her body should be the most sensitive?

 The difference in arrival times at each ear for sounds coming from directly in front of you or behind you is about _________ msec.

 Arrival time of sound at the two ears is processed initially by binaural neurons in the

 Bernardo is a well-known perfumer. As such, he most likely has changes in all of the following brain regions except

 Discuss some variations in sensitivity to smell that have been shown in humans.

 When potassium channels in the hair cell open, potassium will _________ the cell, producing _________.

 Benjamin is studying for a quiz on the sense of smell and was surprised to read in his book that receptor cells responsible for smell differ from most other neural cells in that they

 Which of the following is NOT one of the ossicles?

 The sound stimulus begins with the

 Christopher's grandfather was diagnosed recently with shingles. Based on what he had learned in his biological psychology class, Christopher knew that his grandfather would experience unpleasant skin eruptions in

 Stephanie is working on a research project that is investigating the effects of sonar on marine mammal communication. Her recordings of whale songs are most likely to include which of the following types of sound?

 Rigoberto is studying for a quiz and records that the axons from the inferior colliculi synapse in the _________ of the thalamus.

 The fact that all dogs in the neighborhood begin to howl at the same time every day while you can't hear anything that might cause this response is probably because the dogs