MICHAEL ELLIOTT
DEVEIS WOOTEN
NICOLE HENDERSON
KRISTIN GITTIN
ALLYSON DOYLE
SAMANTHA KELLENBENZ
MELINA VILLATORO
JONATHAN JACOBSON
Main Topic Defined
As humans, we use our senses to perceive and understand the world around us. The stimuli from our five senses know as sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell, is relayed to different parts of the brain through multiple pathways. The thalamus receives most sensory signals which passes them to be processed in the appropriate area of the cerebral cortex. All sensory information is transmitted from the peripheral nervous system to the central nervous system.
Visual information is processed in the visual cortex of the Occipital lobe which gives our eyes the ability to perceive images and light.
Sounds are processed in the auditory cortex of the Temporal lobe and receive messages from the ears through vibrations to help one recognize different sounds, speech and messages.
The sensation of Touch is processed in the somatosensory cortex of the Parietal lobe and is activated by neural receptors in the skin.
Taste is processed in the gustatory cortex in the Parietal lobe and is detected by our taste buds located on our tongues.
Smells are processed in the olfactory cortex of the Temporal lobe and are sensed by the olfactory receptors located in the nose.
WHY WE WERE INTERESTED IN THE TOPIC:
Our interest in doing further research regarding how one learns with our five senses was equally shared. We saw that each sense is essential and reflects into each moment of everybody’s daily lives. With our senses always working together to help us gain new knowledge, we were intrigued to learn more and share how important each sense really is.