the chemical senses: smell and taste/synesthesia - psychology chapter 4

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olfactory sensory neurons

  • the sensory receptors for smell, which contain cilia - similar to the hair cells of the inner

    ear

  • sends messages to olfactory bulb in the forebrain

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olfactory bulb

  • receives messages from olfactory sensory neurons

  • in the forebrain

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primary olfactory cortex

olfactory cortex located in the temporal lobe

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secondary olfactory cortex

olfactory cortex located in the frontal lobe near the eyes

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papillae

textured structures of the tongue that contain about 10,000 taste buds

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taste receptor cells

  • located on taste buds

  • process taste information

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bitter, sweet, salty, sour, and savory/umami

the five basic taste qualities

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gustatory complex

  • for tasting

  • one of the five sensory cortices in the brain

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synesthesia

  • a person experiences sensations in one sense when a different sense is stimulated

  • occurs with about 4%-5% of the population