1
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Identify different types of receptors and what they sense
A
- Photoreceptors – light
- Chemoreceptors - Smell
- Mechanoreceptors – Vibration
- Thermoreceptors – heat/cold
- Nociceptors - pain
2
Q
Summarize the concept of transduction
A
Converting one energy to another
3
Q
Explain the basic physiology underlying synesthesia and Capgras syndrome as described by Dr. Ramachandran in his TedTalk
A
Synesthesia is seeing colors with numbers or letters.
4
Q
What part of the brain is facial recognition
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Fusiform gyrus
5
Q
Condition in which you cross-connect in the brain between color and number areas.
A
synesthesia
6
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______ describes when multiple 1st order neurons synapse with the same 2nd order
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Convergence
7
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What is the name of the process where one type of signal is converted into another
A
Transduction
PE 220 Chapter 8 - 12
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