Exam 4: Sensation and Perception-Part C

For most of us,auditory areas that process sounds related to language are located in the right temporal lobe.

The temporal code better accounts for how we perceive high-pitched sounds than the place code.

Seven fluid-filled semicircular canals comprise the vestibular system.

Papillae are the organs of taste transduction.

The length of a light wave determines the brightness we perceive.

Red and yellow are opponent colors.

Humans can discriminate among approximately 10,000 types of odorants.

Letter is to alphabet as geon is to parts inventory.

Supertasters tend to dislike green leafy vegetables.

Our senses will adapt more quickly to a stimulus if that stimulus is presented occasionally,rather than constantly.

Recent research has been more supportive of the object-centered approach to olfaction than the valence-centered approach.

LASIK surgery involves physically reshaping the lens.

Cones are much more sensitive to low levels of light than are rods.

The interposition of two objects allows us to determine with reasonable accuracy how far apart the two objects are.

Perceptual constancy means that humans are more likely to detect changing environmental stimuli than a constant stimulus.

According to feature-integration theory,cones are the glue necessary to bind features together.

Signal detection accounts of perception assume the existence of thresholds.

Specialized neurons that respond to specific objects such as buildings but not to other objects such as tools provide evidence for the modular view of object recognition.

Although the term used is "absolute threshold," 50% of the time a signal at this level goes undetected.

Sensation and perception are related,but separate,events.