PPT-Chapter 8: The Senses

What if you could taste colors and see music Synesthesia is a perceptual phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway. the Bible. UNDERSTANDING THE SCRIPTURES. ANTICIPATORY SET .  . Review. pages 226–228 of the textbook and . recall. details of the story of Jonah. .  . Review the . Guided Exercise . about Jonah as literal history or a kind of parable that teaches a deeper meaning (p. 228). . Skin Senses, Taste, Smell, Balance. Touch. Sense . of touch is a mix of four distinct skin . senses . pressure. warmth. cold. pain. Skin Senses: Touch. Physical stimuli = mechanical, thermal, and chemical energy impinging on the . Special Senses. :. Humans are responsive creatures. . “Irritants” are the stimuli that continually enter our nervous system for integration, and may elicit a response. . We are usually told we have five . Imagery: the five senses. Sight. Sound. Smell. Taste. Touch. Sight. s. tuff you can . see. “The light glitters in her eyes.”. Sound. s. tuff you can . hear. “We heard rapid, high-pitched squeals.”. Before you eat your . sherbet . lemon make a note of the following:. Sight: (what does it look like. ?). Smell:. Touch:. Now you can eat it!. Taste:. Senses Checklist. Before you eat your . sherbet . . What are the five senses?. Sight. Sound. Taste. Touch . Smell . Not Imagery. The sun went down. . Sight Imagery Example . As the sun became a . bright ball of orange. , the sky surrounding it . quickly splintered. If someone says “There’s a deer” what do you picture? . It lets you know that there. is. a deer, that you would see a deer,. but it doesn’t describe it for you. or give you a clue about what. THE SOUNDS OF MUSIC: . A violin. '. s short, fast waves create a high pitch. The longer, slower waves of a cello or bass create a lower pitch. Differences in the waves’ height, or amplitude, also create differing degrees of loudness.. These changes can start at different ages:. Hearing – mid-40s . Vision – mid-50s. Touch – mid-50s. Taste – mid-60s. Smell – 70s . Nearly half of older adults experience hearing loss that affects their daily life. Taste: Savory Sensations. Taste . occurs because chemicals stimulate thousands of receptors in the mouth, primarily on the tongue, but also in the throat, cheeks, & roof of mouth. Papillae: Knoblike elevations on the tongue, containing the taste buds. If someone says “There’s a deer” what do you picture? . It lets you know that there. is. a deer, that you would see a deer,. but it doesn’t describe it for you. or give you a clue about what. Brain Cells. Axon. Neurotransmitters. Dendrites. Axon terminals. Optical Illusions. 1. Vision. Everything you ever see is due to a massive network of neurons in your eyes and your brain.. To be able to see anything, eyes first need to process light. . 5.3.3 Polysemy vs. homonymy. In lexical ambiguity there are traditionally two types : . Polysemy. . : one word with multiple senses ​.. ​. Homonymy. : different words that happen to sound the same.. A range of senses are used when eating food. . These senses are:. sight;. smell;. hearing;. taste;. touch. . A combination of these senses enables you to evaluate a food.. Appearance. The size, shape, colour, temperature and surface texture all play an important part in helping to determine your first reaction to a food..