Genpsy
Genpsy
Genpsy
Gustatory Sensation
Tongue
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Gustatory Sensation
Taste buds - in human tongue it contains 10,000 taste buds shaped like a flask and each one has an opening called papillae each bud contains taste receptors. - these receptors respond to 4 basic taste sense: sweet, salty, sour and bitter.
Gustatory Sensation
- taste buds found on the tip of the tongue is sensitive to sweet taste - the tip and side of the tongue is for salty - the sides of tongue is for sour - base of the tongue and soft palate is to bitter
taste
Gustatory Sensation
taste bud cells die (bec. of increasing age, hot soup, hot cofffee, hot pepper, etc.) but generate small amount of new cells every 10-12 days.
How do we taste?
Food brought into the mouth must be first liquified or dissolved.
The liquified substances enter the taste bud which contains the taste cells. As it enters the pores of the taste bud, it sets off chemical changes that stimulate the taste cells to set off neural impulses.
These neural impulses are transmitted to the brain by the gustatory nerve.
Gustatory Sensation
Sentivity to taste depends upon several factors.
Cutaneous (Somatic)Sensation
has four sensations: touch (pressure), cold, warm, and pain. warm and cold are thermal experiences while pressure and pain are factual experiences. the receptor for touch (pressure) are Meissner's Corpuscle, Merkel's Corpuscle, and Pacinian Corpuscle. (one experience pressure when one is touched lightly).
- loud noise
- great pressure - high and low temp. & others
according to Arenas (2004) pain sensations are classified according to: (1) quick sharp pain and dull-lasting pain (2) direct pain and referred pain.
Proprioception
There are 3 group of proprioceptive senses the stimuli of which do not come from external environment but from the body: - kinesthetic sense (posture and movement) - vestibular sense (balance) - organic sense
Kinesthetic Sense
it is a sense of bodily movement and position
- The hair cells in the vestibular system determines the position, direction and movement of the head.
Organic Sense
when the visceral organs are stimulated as as a result of their activities, the nerve impulses of these organs are sent to the brain arousing
sensation.
These sensations may be in the form of cramp, nausea, thirst, hunger, bladder tension, or painful sensation.
Perception
process of interpretation is known as perception thus perception is preceded by sensation perception is subjective, that is interpretation of things and event depend upon several factors. individual behavoir is affected by his perception.
Repetition of the stimulus. When a stimulus is repeated more often most likely attended, very much perceived but if a repetition w/o variation becomes monotonous and dull w/c results to boredom and not being attended anymore.
Contrast in the stimulus. A differences in color, shape and size from those that are ordinarily found in the environment may likely be attended to or very much perceived.
- our attention is more focused to an object that constantly changing in form, size, color, or shape as a result of lightning effect or movement characterized of these objects.
- a perceiver w/ a high degree of educational background and training would perceive an object differently from who has a lesser degree or training or one that has none.
Mental Set.
- when a person's mind is focused or directed to an object or event, that person is able to understand and perceive clearly what was being perceirved.
Interest and Attitude. - when a person repeats or continuously perform a thing, he is interested. Attitude is our view or understanding to an object, event or situation in relation to what we feel about it.