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The Other Senses
Touch, Pain, Taste
Smell, Body Movement
Glove Volunteers
Wash hand- put on plastic gloves
Touch Sensation
What are the basic skin sensations?
Pressure, Warmth, Cold , Pain
How is touch psychologically significant?
Attachment & Social Functioning, Pain reduction, Reproduction
Story of touch development
Demos
Two- Point Thresholds = measure of difference between two stimuli before they are felt as two separate stimuli.
Warm plus cold equals hot
( Handout)
Touch Localization
Pain
Gate Control Theory= The spinal cord contains a neurological “gate" that either blocks pains/allows signals to pass to brain. Tissue injury- opens “gate” = painLarge neural fibers= closes “gate”
( massage stubbed toe/ ice on injury) The memory of pain is felt at its peak and at
end
Lonely Planet Clip- culture
Taste
What are the four basic tastes?
Sweet, salty, sour, bitter
Taste is innate ( newborn)
No tongue- still taste
Sensory Interaction=one sense influences another ( smell-taste)
Taste Buds Demo
Smell
Psychology of Smell
Pheromones= chemical messengers that produce endocrine response or elicit a response pattern
Gender Odor Demo
Are there human pheromones?
Research study on Ovulation & Menstruation
Attraction and T-Shirt smell- Immune System
( Mclintock & Stern)
Others- Good & Plenty & Cucumber
Kinesthesis & Vestibular Sense
Kinesthesis=the sense of our body parts position and movement
Vestibular Sense=sense of body movement and balance
Demo 2- Eyes and balance
Demo 3- Vision and Balance