The Other Senses

Touch, Pain, Taste

Smell, Body Movement

Glove Volunteers

Wash hand- put on plastic gloves

Touch Sensation

What are the basic skin sensations?

Pressure, Warmth, Cold , Pain

How is touch psychologically significant?

Attachment & Social Functioning, Pain reduction, Reproduction

Story of touch development

Demos

Two- Point Thresholds = measure of difference between two stimuli before they are felt as two separate stimuli.

Warm plus cold equals hot

( Handout)

Touch Localization

Pain

Gate Control Theory= The spinal cord contains a neurological “gate" that either blocks pains/allows signals to pass to brain. Tissue injury- opens “gate” = painLarge neural fibers= closes “gate”

( massage stubbed toe/ ice on injury) The memory of pain is felt at its peak and at

end

Lonely Planet Clip- culture

Taste

What are the four basic tastes?

Sweet, salty, sour, bitter

Taste is innate ( newborn)

No tongue- still taste

Sensory Interaction=one sense influences another ( smell-taste)

Taste Buds Demo

Smell

Psychology of Smell

Pheromones= chemical messengers that produce endocrine response or elicit a response pattern

Gender Odor Demo

Are there human pheromones?

Research study on Ovulation & Menstruation

Attraction and T-Shirt smell- Immune System

( Mclintock & Stern)

Others- Good & Plenty & Cucumber

Kinesthesis & Vestibular Sense

Kinesthesis=the sense of our body parts position and movement

Vestibular Sense=sense of body movement and balance

Demo 2- Eyes and balance

Demo 3- Vision and Balance