Other Senses MR. 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?

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.