Choose and describe one human sensory system (touch, sight, hearing, smell or taste). Use the following source to support your analysis:
Part 1 (200 words minimum):
– Identify the sense.
– Briefly describe its related sensory receptors.
– Briefly explain how they “transduce” physical stimuli.
– List the main regions of the nervous system that bring this information into the primary sensory cortex for that sense.
– Try to explain what happens to this sensory information as it moves to ever higher levels of the nervous system, transforming raw inputs to conscious sensations.
Part 2 (200 words minimum):
– Explain the significance of this knowledge (why you care about this information and how it could inform understanding or decision making in a variety of situations including psychological or medical treatment, law or employment, culture, and diversity).
