Other SensesMR. CONWAY

AP PSYCHOLOGY

Opening Discussion

Is pain physical or psychological? Tell me why! Be sure to include:◦Experiences, prior knowledge, treatments, etc.

Touch – How do we sense touch and sense our body’s position and movement? How do we experience pain?

Why is touch vital? Why do we have skin? 4 skin sensations

◦ 1. pressure◦ 2. warmth◦ 3. cold◦ 4. pain

Touch – How do we sense touch and sense our body’s position and movement? How do we experience pain?

IMAGINE AN ALIEN CAME TO EARTH AND ASKED THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS…

What is a ‘tickle’? What is an ‘itch’? Describe ‘wet’ Describe ‘hot’

Our skin receptors can sense these and

Touch – How do we sense touch and sense our body’s position and movement? How do we experience pain? Rubber-hand illusion

Kinesthesis – your sense of the position and movement of your body parts

Vestibular Sense – monitor’s your head’s position and movement

Cirque du Soleil

Touch – How do we sense touch and sense our body’s position and movement? How do we experience pain? Pain – your body’s way of telling you something has gone wrong

Q: Would there be benefits to a pain-free life?

There is not a simple neural cord from a sensing device to the brain

Gate-Control Theory – Patrick Wall’s theory that the spinal cord contains a “gate” that blocks or allows pain signals moving to the brain.

Touch – How do we sense touch and sense our body’s position and movement? How do we experience pain? Q – How do you treat pain when you stub your toe?

Phantom Limbs – 7/10 amputees feel phantom limb pain

Remember ENDORPHINS???

Phantom sounds – tinnitus

Hallucinations

Phantom SMELLS!

Q - What are your personal experiences of pain?

Taste – How do we experience taste?

Our 5 basic taste sensations, can you name them?

Sweet, Salty, Sour, Bitter, Umami

Your tongue contains over 200 taste buds!◦ They reproduce every week or two

Linked to smell

Sensory Interaction – One sense may influence another

Q – What other senses might be linked together?

Smell– How do we experience smell?

Like taste, also a chemical sense. You inhale something of whatever or whoever it is you smell :/

Receptor cells called olfactory cells◦ 5 million at the top of each

nasal cavity◦ A bloodhound has some 200

million

Smell– How do we experience smell?

Smell– How do we experience smell?

Smell– How do we experience smell?

Humans have their own identifiable chemical signature and smell

The attractiveness of smells depends on learned associations.◦ Baby’s are not born with a built-in

preference for the small of their mother.◦ Good experiences are tied to that small

Smell is primitive. We used to sniff for food.