1. -Discuss FRQ Pain, Taste & Smell ( touch) -Volunteers for hand
The Other Senses
-Discuss FRQ
Pain, Taste & Smell ( touch)
-Volunteers for hand

2. Pain
Gate Control Theory= The spinal cord contains a neurological “gate" that either blocks pains/allows signals to pass to brain.
Tissue injury- opens “gate” = pain
Large neural fibers= closes “gate”
( massage stubbed toe/ ice on injury)
Pain Perception demo

3. Taste What are the four basic tastes? Sweet, salty, sour, bitter
Taste is innate ( newborn)
No tongue- still taste
Sensory Interaction=one sense influences another ( smell-taste)
Demo-Can it really be that sweet?

4. Smell

6. Psychology of Smell
Pheromones= chemical messengers that produce endocrine response or elicit a response pattern
Gender Odor Demo
Are there human pheromones?
Research study on Ovulation & Menstruation
( McKlintoch & Stern)

7. Do smells enhance attraction?
Attraction and T-Shirt smell- Immune System
Genital blood flow
Increased:
Good & plenty w/cucumber 14 %
Baby Powder %
Lavender & Pumpkin Pie %

8. Touch Sensation What are the basic skin sensations?
Pressure, Warmth, Cold , Pain
How is touch psychologically significant?
Attachment & Social Functioning, Pain reduction, Reproduction
Story of touch development

9. Demos
Two- Point Thresholds = measure of difference between two stimuli before they are felt as two separate stimuli.
Demos:
Toothpicks