Psychology

The nerve fibers in the spinal cord go in _____. A) the medial lemniscal pathway only B) the ...

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Ian Waterman was able to sense pain and temperature because his _____ pathway was intact, but could ...

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The fibers from the medial lemniscal pathway and the spinothalamic pathway go to the _____. A) ...

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Margie sets alpha to .05 whereas Charles sets alpha to .10 . Which of the following is more likely ...

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The mapping of the body on the somatosensory cortex can be represented as a(n) _____. A) ...

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The area on S1 associated with the thumb is as large as the area for the forearm. This is an example ...

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When the light level of a computer screen is moderate, task performance scores are high. When the ...

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Experience-dependent plasticity has been found to occur for _____. A) the somatosensory system ...

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Jan is a right-handed violin player - she bows with her right hand and fingers the strings with her ...

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Which type of acuity is measured by pressing a grooved stimulus onto the skin and asking the person ...

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Which body part is the most sensitive to detail? A) fingertips B) palms C) forehead D) ...

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The density of the _____ on the fingertips than on the palms. A) Merkel receptors is higher B) ...

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The receptive fields of cortical S1 neurons are _____. A) larger for the fingers than for the ...

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The mechanoreceptors primarily responsible for feeling the vibrations from an electric toothbrush ...

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Moving your finger across a textured surface can produce vibrations that are interpreted as texture. ...

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The duplex theory of texture perception refers to the importance of _____. A) temporal cues and ...

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The demonstration in which you perceived the texture of a surface using your pen or another tool ...

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In most of our daily experience of touch, we are using _____. A) passive touch B) active touch ...

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When you try to identify a three-dimensional object by touch alone and are allowed to have control ...

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People use mainly _____ to judge texture. A) enclosure and lateral motion B) pressure and ...

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Bobby is asked to use haptic perception to identify a soccer ball. She will most likely use the ...

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Passive touch is to experiencing _____ as active touch is to experiencing _____. A) the object; ...

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Neurons in the ventral posterior nucleus in the thalamus have _____. A) center-surround receptive ...

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As we move from mechanoreceptor fibers in the fingers toward the brain, we see that neurons become ...

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Neuropathic pain is to _____ as inflammatory pain is to _____. A) tumor cells; phantom limb ...

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