I need help answering questions for my Sensation and Perception class. My professor will select some of these questions for my final. There is no requirement for the length of the answer but the question need to be answered entirely.
8. Motion perception: Explain biological motion. Why is it important for video games and
computer-generated graphic images? Give some examples of movies or games that include
biological motion. (This is sometimes called “motion capture” in the movie industry.) If you
had to make a movie or video game, who or what kind of biological motion would you want to
incorporate into your work? Why would it be useful?
9. Visual attention: Begin by describing selective attention. Why is it important? Use an example
from everyday life to illustrate why selective attention is important. How do researchers study
this form of attention? Can perception happen without selective attention? Finish with a
statement about how these attention research findings can be helpful for safe and effective
everyday living.
10. Auditory system – the ear: Imagine that you are a wave of air pressure entering the ear.
What sequence of events will occur in the ear to convert this pressure wave change into a sound
sensation? What is the function of each part? The answer should include how different sound
frequencies are encoded. End with how this understanding is helpful for aiding people who
have hearing loss.
11. Auditory system – brain and localization: While you are stopped at a stoplight, you hear
an emergency vehicle approach from the left, then it passes in front of you, then it continues
away from you on your right. How did you know that the emergency vehicle was approaching
on your left and travelling to your right side? The answer must include monaural cues, binaural
cues, and at least one neurobiological mechanism.
12. Speech perception: Choose to describe the speech disorders of either aphasia or dyslexia
(just one; not both). What are some possible explanations for why this deficit occurs, including
a neurobiological explanation. Does this understanding suggest possible ideas for treatment?
13. Music perception: Summarize the key ideas from one of the videos about music and
brain mechanisms for perceiving music. How has this knowledge influenced your appreciation
of music?
14. Skin and Pain: Why is understanding pain perception important? Describe the different
forms of pain perception. How is pain influenced by different psychological, social, and/or neurobiological processes? Finish with how this understanding of pain might be used to treat
people who have chronic pain problems.
15. Taste and Smell: Describe the major features of either taste or smell (not both). These
answers should include the importance, neurobiology, and one major perceptual phenomenon
that is provided by this sense. Given this answer what should be done to help improve either
taste or smell in the foods that older adults eat?
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