Across
- 4. The theory that proposes that our brain decodes the pitch directly from the frequency at which the hair cells of the basal membrane are firing
- 5. Light sensitive cells in the retina that are sensitive to all colors of light but do not transmit information about color to the brain. They are considered to be black and white receptors.
- 7. A physical property of some energies that corresponds to the height of wave peaks, as in the height of the wave peak of a light wave.
- 9. The sense of smell
- 11. Perception occurs when the intensity of a stimulus is below a person's absolute threshold and the person is not consciously aware of the stimulus
- 13. Light-sensitive chemicals that create electrical charges when they come into contact with light
- 14. The sense that monitors the position of our head in space and helps us stay balanced
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- 1. The theory that proposes that our brain decodes pitch by noticing the frequency at which groups of hair cells on the basilar membrane are firing
- 2. A scientific procedure used to test ESP in which one participant is a "sender" and another is a "receive in another room.
- 3. Airborne chemicals that are released from glands and detected by the vomeronasal organs in some animals and perhaps in humans
- 6. A Gestalt principle of perception that states the we tend to group close objects together during perception, and also stimuli that are similar, (like the ways we group letters placed close together into words)
- 8. The fifth taste; a meaty brothy flavor of glutamate more common in Asian foods
- 10. The theory of color vision suggested by Helmholtz says we have 3 different types of cones in our eyes, each sensitive to a certain wavelength of light
- 12. The outer ear that acts as a funnel to gather sound waves
- 13. The psychophysical property of sound that corresponds to the frequency of a sound wave
- 15. The point where the optic nerve leaves the retina where there are no rods or cones