Studied by 2 people
proprioception
our sense of bodily position work in conjunction with haptics to grasp and interact with objects
kinesthetics
our sense bodily motion work in conjunction with haptics to grasp and interact with objects
neural prosthetic
feeling through machine
nociception
sense of pain signalled by specialized nociceptors
fast fibres
register sharp, immediate pain
slow fibres
register chronic dull pain
the traditional theory
nociceptors are stimulated and send signals to the brain (very straightforward and purely physiological)
phantom limb pain
pain felt by an amputee that seems to be located in the missing limb
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.
gate control theory
explains our experiences of pain as an interaction between nerves that transmits pain messages and those that inhibit these messages
topdown influences on pain
pain perception has a subjective component emotion and expectations influence our experience
empathy and pain
having empathy for another person can result in a shared experience.
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
supertasters
have more taste buds, increasing their sensitivity to bitter substances
olfactory epithelium
thin layer of cells that are lined by sensory receptors called cilia
cilia
transmit transducer signals to olfactory bulb via that olfactory tract
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