4.27 proprioception and kinisthesis, 4.28 pain perception, 4.29 the gustatory system: taste, 4.30 the olfactory system: smell

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proprioception

our sense of bodily position work in conjunction with haptics to grasp and interact with objects

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kinesthetics

our sense bodily motion work in conjunction with haptics to grasp and interact with objects

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neural prosthetic

feeling through machine

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nociception

sense of pain signalled by specialized nociceptors

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fast fibres

register sharp, immediate pain

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slow fibres

register chronic dull pain

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the traditional theory

nociceptors are stimulated and send signals to the brain (very straightforward and purely physiological)

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phantom limb pain

pain felt by an amputee that seems to be located in the missing limb

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placebo affect

when a person's physical or mental health appears to improve after taking a placebo or 'dummy' treatment. Placebo is Latin for 'I will please' and refers to a treatment that appears real, but is designed to have no therapeutic benefit.

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gate control theory

explains our experiences of pain as an interaction between nerves that transmits pain messages and those that inhibit these messages

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topdown influences on pain

pain perception has a subjective component emotion and expectations influence our experience

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empathy and pain

having empathy for another person can result in a shared experience.

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taste buds

receptors for taste, located on small bumps (papillae) that covers the tongue receptors detect sweet salty bitter sour and umami projection goes to thalamus>gustatory cortex

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supertasters

have more taste buds, increasing their sensitivity to bitter substances

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olfactory epithelium

thin layer of cells that are lined by sensory receptors called cilia

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cilia

transmit transducer signals to olfactory bulb via that olfactory tract

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