Senses
Week 2 Assignment
1. Choose your favorite sense (vision, hearing, touch, taste, smell). Write a one page double spaced, 12 point font paper answering the following questions:
a. What are the parts of this sensory system (example: smell has olfactory bulbs; vision includes the retina and rods and cones)?
b. What is the absolute threshold for the sense you chose?
c. Why did you choose this sense?
d. Bonus – discuss transduction.
2. Fill in the blanks below for:
a. The Brain
b. The Neuron
c. The Sensory System
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The Neuron
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