Assignment: Sensory system

Assignment: Sensory system
Assignment: Sensory system
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Assignment: Sensory system
First, choose your favorite sense (vision, hearing, touch, taste, smell). Write a one page double-spaced, 12 point font paper answering the following questions:
What are the parts of this (example: smell has olfactory bulbs; vision includes the retina and rods and cones)?
What is the absolute threshold for the sense you chose?
Why did you choose this sense?
Bonus – discuss transduction.
Second, download and complete the attached worksheet.
The paper for this assignment should be typed into a Word or other word processing document, formatted in APA style. The assignments must include:
Running head
A title page with Assignment name
Your name
Professor’s name
Course
You will submit two documents for this assignment: the paper and the completed worksheet.
Assignment: Sensory system
First, choose your favorite sense (vision, hearing, touch, taste, smell). Write a one page double-spaced, 12 point font paper answering the following questions:
What are the parts of this (example: smell has olfactory bulbs; vision includes the retina and rods and cones)?
What is the absolute threshold for the sense you chose?
Why did you choose this sense?
Bonus – discuss transduction.
Second, download and complete the attached worksheet.
The paper for this assignment should be typed into a Word or other word processing document, formatted in APA style. The assignments must include:
Running head
A title page with Assignment name
Your name
Professor’s name
Course
You will submit two documents for this assignment: the paper and the completed worksheet.
The sensory nervous system is a part of the nervous system responsible for processing sensory information. A sensory system consists of sensory neurons, neural pathways, and parts of the brain involved in sensory perception.