Identify the sense. Briefly describe its related sensory receptors. Briefly explain how they “transduce” physical stimuli. List the main regions of the nervous system that bring this information into the primary sensory cortex for that sense. Try to explain what happens to this sensory information as it moves to ever higher levels of the nervous system, transforming raw inputs to conscious sensations.

Sensory or Motor Systems

Choose and describe one human sensory system (touch, sight, hearing, smell or taste). Use the following source to support your analysis:

Bear, M., Connors, B., & Paradiso, M. A. (2020). Neuroscience: Exploring the brain: Exploring the brain, enhanced edition (4th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning. https://www.jblearning.com/catalog/productdetails/9781284211283 (Links to an external site.) ISBN-10: ‎ 1284211282, ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1284211283

and ONE source from the following:

• A large collection of varied sensory and perception tests or demonstrations. Scroll down until you see the heading “Sensation and Perception” https://psych.hanover.edu/Krantz/tutor.html#Biopsychology/Physiopsychology (Links to an external site.)
• Example neurologic exams (video) https://neurologicexam.med.utah.edu/adult/html/sensory_normal.html (Links to an external site.)
• Zeiss Inc. online vision screening. This is not a promoted company and only use the tests for educational purposes. Do not pay for anything and beware of any possible marketing pitches https://visionscreening.zeiss.com/en-US [Data Collection Available]
• Auditory Testing with an experiment you can run https://isle.hanover.edu/ and look for “Frequency Response of the Ear”. Browse the website for other tests of other modalities. [Data Collection Available]
• A cool biological motion imitation engine with user modifiable movement parameters including gender, happiness, and more. https://www.biomotionlab.ca/html5-bml-walker/ (Links to an external site.)
• Red/Green Stoplight – Online Reaction Time test https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/java/redgreen.html [Data Collection Available]

Part 1 (200 words minimum):

– Identify the sense.
– Briefly describe its related sensory receptors.
– Briefly explain how they “transduce” physical stimuli.
– List the main regions of the nervous system that bring this information into the primary sensory cortex for that sense.
– Try to explain what happens to this sensory information as it moves to ever higher levels of the nervous system, transforming raw inputs to conscious sensations.

Part 2 (200 words minimum):
– Explain the significance of this knowledge (why you care about this information and how it could inform understanding or decision making in a variety of situations including psychological or medical treatment, law or employment, culture, and diversity).