Introduction to Psychology 10th Edition by Rod Plotnik,Haig Kouyoumdjian

Exercise 19

The sense of touch actually provides information on three different kinds of stimuli: (a) _____, _____, and _____ The various layers of skin contain different kinds of touch receptors that have different speeds of adaptation. Receptors for the sense of touch trigger nerve impulses that travel to an area in the brain's parietal lobe, called the (b) _____This area transforms impulses into sensations of pressure, temperature, and pain. The more sensitive the area of the body is to touch, the larger is its area on the cortex.