...University Abstract Sensory adaptation is one of many incredible functions in our human bodies. We have 5 major senses that we call upon each and every day. Sight, sound, smell, taste and touch are senses that aid us in our day to day activities. These can also be classified as the proprioceptive, vestibular, tactile and visual systems as well. Each of these senses adapt to the environments around us to help make us more comfortable and to tune out certain annoyances. In the view of evolution, sensory adaptation plays a fairly significant role. Survival of the fittest is usually the test of time and to achieve this trait an animal must adapt to its surroundings and change with it. However, the animal not only needs to change with the environment, it needs to find a way to utilize its senses to better aid it in becoming a top of the food chain animal. Adaptation and Our Bodies When viewing the world we live in we may not readily notice the incredible functions of our bodies on a day to day basis. The fast pace we have grown accustomed to keeps us pre-occupied from really paying attention to the small things that happen around us. Every day we find ourselves being introduced in to an uncomfortable environment. It is the incredible power of our bodies and functions within that adjust to these discomforts and make them more tolerable. This can be defined as Sensory Adaptation. This system is a part of the Central Nervous System that consists of many receptors...
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...VARK Analysis: How I Learn Best Grand Canyon University: NRS- 429V December 8, 2013 VARK Analysis: How I Learn Best The VARK Questionnaire is an assessment compiled by Fleming and Miles (1992) that analyzes different styles of learning and enables students to adapt to their learning preferences. There are four different styles that are addressed at the end of the questionnaire including: visual, aural, read/write, and kinesthetic learning. The test subject is scored at the end of the questionnaire based on their answers to various questions. “VARK focuses on the sensory modality dimension of learning, or the way that information is taken in and processed by a learner” (Sinclaire, 2012, p. 79). After completing the assessment the student is able to analyze their identified learning style, and reflect on ways to alter their study habits accordingly. Summary of the Student’s Learning Style After the student completed the questionnaire she scored highest in the kinesthetic learning style. The kinesthetic learning style reflects on the learner’s ability to experience and utilize knowledge through the application of the five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. The learner dives into the physical aspects of the subject, actually touching the parts, not relying on diagrams alone to explain how it works. This is the “hands-on learner” who learns better when movement is integrated, and they “need to do things to be able to understand” (Fleming, 2013). Kinesthetic...
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...The Multi-Store Model Multi-store memory (MSM) illustrates the three memory stores which we apply to hold information we pick up - this idea was put forth by Atkinson and Shriffin (1968). The MMS consists of the sensory storage which holds the information collected by our senses. This type of memory store is continually receiving new data, but the majority of it is ignored. The information gathered only stays in the sensory store for a very short episode of time, it is either disregarded or if the individuals' attention is focused on one of the senses it will be transferred to the STM. So the primary step of remembering is paying attention in the first place. Information is then moved from STM to LTM. This is done through rehearsal, where the same incident occurs repeatedly so that is remembered more easily. Atkinson and Shriffin said that the more frequent the information is rehearsed the more accurate it recalled, therefore showing a direct link between retrieval in STM and the strength in LTM. This shows that memory works with three stores; sensory memory, STM and LTM. There have been many studies which have shown that there are three different memory stores. Several studies found that certain parts of the brain were needed for short term and long term. E.g. Milner (1966) discovered that if the hippocampus (LTM) was removed then the individual could not form any new long term memories, however they had no problem performing STM. Other psychologists (Glanzer and Cunitz) have...
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...books, paintings, translations, and literary criticisms. Lawrence was obviously a unique individual, and this is reflected in his short story writing. Many other authors of his time wrote with a common characteristic, passion, or setting; but Lawrence uses his unique personality to write with a common theme of intimacy, emotions, and instinct. More specifically, in D. H. Lawrence’s short stories “Tickets, Please”, “You Touched Me”, and “The Blind Man”, Lawrence reflects the characters’ level of intimacy with the sense of touch. In “Tickets, Please” D. H. Lawrence tells the story of a young boy, unfit for war and “crippled”, who tries to win over as many girls as possible. John Thomas was the only decent looking boy left at the tramway system during the war, and he used that to his advantage. Every night, John Thomas would “walk” a girl home; however, he never came close to an actual relationship. Eventually, John Thomas had been with every single girl at the station, and by that time, his girls were fed up. The ladies were tired of being used and treated poorly by John Thomas, so they all got together and came up with a plot for revenge. The girls decided that they would make him choose just ONE of them to be with. When they asked him upfront, he didn’t give an answer, so they tried something else. The girls have John Thomas turn and face the wall; then, each girl was supposed to touch his back. When the one girl that John Thomas wanted to be with touched his back, he...
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...Course: Creative Activities Section: IT2 Assignment: Establishing Guidelines for an Aesthetics Environment Aesthetics is an appreciation for beauty and a feeling of wonder. The purpose of aesthetics experience for children is to help them develop full and rich lives. (Mayeski) A highly functional, aesthetically attractive, age appropriate environment give children opportunities to challenge themselves through seeing, touching, feeling and moving. The environment in the classroom can make a big difference in children’s success in child care and later and should include aesthetically pleasing items to enhance their world. Infants & toddlers spend much of their time on the floor so for texture, comfort and safety, most of the flooring should be carpeted with low-pile, neutral-color carpeting. Bright primary colors can create an environment that feels over-stimulating to children whereas lighter colored background such as light blue walls and pastel yellow ceiling create a calming atmosphere. The colorful children’s art work that is displayed throughout the classroom with the child’s name, just below their creation will stand out on a light background and allowing the children to focus on their masterpieces. Their artwork should be displayed at eye level and changed frequently, so the children do not loose interest. Also displayed are colorful paintings from famous artists such as Claude Monet. The creative art area incorporates a large window to provide natural lighting...
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...VARK Analysis Paper Sensory preferences influence the way in which students learn. Neil Fleming’s VARK (Visual, Aural, Read/write, and Kinesthetic sensory modalities) Model is one of the most widely used tools to categorize various types of learning styles. Fleming notes these sensory modalities can occur separately or in combinations and can alter over time within the person. This tool can be used to guide teachers in preparing classes that utilize each of these areas according to the pupils’ needs. Students may also utilize the VARK to discover their favored learning style and take full advantage of their educational experience by utilizing the tools that will benefit them the most. (Fleming, 2011) Having taken the VARK questionnaire, at http://www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=questionnaire, it took less than five minutes and then the results were quickly obtained. Individual scores received indicated a multimodal learning preference which included almost equal weights in visual, aural, read/write, and kinesthetic with a total score of 50. It was noted that around 60% of people fit within this category. Personal preferred learning strategies have been an obvious combination of visual, aural, reading & writing, and to a lesser extent kinesthetic. The strongest of these has been visual to the point that not only is color pen or font used but also various colors of highlighting. This strategy has been used for over 35 years and has worked well. Leite, Svinicki, and Shi...
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...Aspects of Psychology Kasia Nalbandian American Intercontinental University The purpose of this individual project is about human body sensors, the adoption of human sensor, the concept of sensory adoption is the sensor impressions, how we feel, how we react or sense after something happens to us or to our body, the message that sent to the brain, from our 4 experiment I’m going to choose and discuss the following 3: 1st –I’m going to take a piece of very coarse sandpaper and I’m going to rub my index for f\a few times very gently, and count rate its coarseness on a scale from 1 (very soft) to 7 (very coarse). 2nd - I’m going to take a cup with water added sugar and another cup of regular drinking water, I’m going to take a sip and swished around in my mount for couple second and after I’m going to drink the regular water and see what type of sensor adoption experience I’m going to have. 3rd- I’m going to take 3 bowls each has waters inside the 1st bowl hot water, 2nd bowl cold water and the 3rd bowl with lukewarm water, I’m going to put my right hand inside the cold water bowl, my left hand in the hot water I’m going to leave my hands like 3 minutes and after the 3 minutes I’m going to put my both hands in lukewarm water and I’m going to explain what I felt, what was my sense (Kent Van Cleave,2014 para 2 to 13). My experiment results are. The 1st experiment that I choose is the sensor of the sandpaper experiment, I took coarse sandpaper and...
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...What clinical data would indicate that the situation needs immediate action and why? * Who needs to be contacted and do you have any suggestions or recommendations? Assess Tubes and Lines * Does the patient have any tubes or an IV? * Is the IV solution the correct one at the correct rate? * Does the patient need those tubes? If so, why? * Do you note any complications? * What further assessments need to be done? Assess Respiratory Equipment * If the patient is using an oxygen delivery device, what do you need to continue to monitor to ensure safe and effective use of the system? Patient Safety Survey * What are your safety concerns with this patient? * Do you need to report this problem and to whom? Environmental Survey * What in the environment could lead to a problem for the patient? * How would you manage the problem? Sensory Assessment * What are your senses telling you? * Do you hear, smell, see or feel something that needs to be explored? * Does the patient’s situation seem “right”? Additional Assessment * What additional information would be helpful for further clarification of the situation? * What questions are unanswered? What answers are unquestioned? After your assessment: Meet with your fellow students and faculty. Review each student’s patient. Decide which patient you would focus on first as a team, and why. Determine which elements of the team’s work require continual situation...
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...Three reasons I believing in the accuracy of sensory information are as followed. 1. Whenever you touch something hot or cold, the sense of touch and feelings detects it and sends a message to the brain, and in response you react and remove your hand from that hot or cold object that you have touched. 2. Your sense of sight helps you see and thus respond accordingly. When you see something dangerous you response by moving away from it and similarly when you see some vehicle coming your way, you wait to cross the busy street. 3. Sense of taste helps you to decide whether the food is eatable or not. Sensory organs in the tongue helps us to decide what we like and what we do not when it comes to tasting food. Three factors contributing to the accuracy of sensory data. 1. Your sense of touch is found all over your body. This is because your sense of touch originates in the bottom layer of your skin called the dermis. The dermis is filled with many tiny nerve endings which give you information about the things with which your body comes in contact. They do this by carrying the information to the spinal cord, which sends messages to the brain where the feeling are registered. The nerve endings in your skin can tell you if something is hot or cold. They can also feel if something is hurting you. Your body has about twenty different types of nerve endings that all send messages to your brain. However, the most common receptors are heat, cold,...
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...Evaluation Anna Parks PSY/390 8-18-14 Rita Pavone Evaluation In psychology, habituation refers to learned behavior in ignoring neutral stimuli. Habituation theory holds that when an animal is repeatedly exposed to stimuli that neither hurts nor helps, it stops responding. This lack of response to something that isn't posing a problem means that the animal isn't wasting energy; it's still alert in case danger does occur. Although it's easy to confuse habituation learning with sensory adaptation, the two aren't the same. Behavior is the key in habituation, as the animal may respond to the stimuli in other ways, but one part of the response is stopped. Habituation means that when something doesn't pose a threat to our safety, we get used to it. We learn to just put up with harmless stimuli rather than waste our energy reacting to it. For instance, if a person moves into a home near a railroad track and the vibration can be felt through the floor every time a train goes by, at first he or she may feel like something bad will happen, such as the vibration will cause people in the home to fall or an object to fall and break. Sensation is the process by which our senses gather information and send it to the brain. A large amount of information is being sensed at any one time such as room temperature, brightness of the lights, someone talking, a distant train, or the smell of perfume. With all this information coming into our senses, the majority of our world never gets recognized...
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...of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia *Corresponding email: faieza@eng.upm.edu.my Abstract: This paper discusses the application of haptic feedback in Virtual Reality to enhance user performance in manufacturing industry. Haptic interfaces have the potential to enhance communication and interaction via the computer enabling affective expressive interpersonal communication and enriching interaction by haptic feedback. The aim of this study was to investigate and develop a better understanding of using haptic feedback in manufacturing. Keywords: Virtual Reality, haptic, manufacturing INTRODUCTION Virtual reality (VR) is a human-computer interface in which a computer system generates a three dimensional, sensory, immersing environment that responds in an interactive way to the behaviour of the user. VR technology can be very helpful in visualizing complicated 3-D models of parts and assemblies. VR is useful to visualize how parts fit together and to understand their spatial inter-relationships. VR technology can also be applied to simulate situations where companies need to test health and safety measures, or where there is a hazardous environment and they need to avoid exposing employees to unnecessary risk. The VR technology has become more real and...
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...“can you really trust your senses and the interpretation of sensory data to give you an accurate view of the world?” We use our senses in everything that we do. We use our eyes to see, our nose to smell, our ears to hear and our tongues to taste. Those senses communicate with our brains by sending tiny amounts of chemical substances called neurotransmitters across a synapse , the microscopic space between” adjacent” neurons. Many factors like proper rest, medication, and ones mental state come into play when considering the trust of your senses. For example, someone who has not gotten the proper amount of rest, their ability to perceive and interpret their senses may not be as sharp as someone who is well rested and alert. Although each of them may be looking at the same thing, the rested individual will probably notice numerous details that the weary person will not. Next, several medications cause side effects that can weaken senses such as taste and sight. If you see a muffin that you eat on a regular basis, you already know what it tastes like, however, that same muffin may taste completely different if you are taking a medication that has diluted your capability to taste. The same thing applies for those who have an obstruction to the ear; they may have trouble hearing things at a higher frequency than someone who has not. These issues can cause doubt in the accuracy of your senses and the interpretation of sensory data. Chapter 4 of Thinking (in text citation) states, “The...
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...Direct purposeful experience — Presentation Transcript Direct Purposeful Experience By: Jeraldyn C. Abellano C. BSEd II- A Definition:-These are the rich experiences that our senses bring. Weconstruct the ideas , the generalizations that give meaning andorder to our lives.-These are the concrete and first handexperiences that make upthe foundation of our learning. They are the sensory experiences. They are experiences that are internalized in the sense that theseexperiences involve the asking of questions that have significancein the life of the person undergoing the direct experience.Besides, these experiences are undergone in relation to a purpose,,,ex. learningPurposeful because the experiences are not purely mechanical.They are not a matter of going through the motion.3. Why are these experiences described to be purposeful? AIM: To develop higher level thinking skills.It leads us to concept formation and abstraction.It serves as the foundation of concept formation, generalization and abstraction.4. FUNCTIONS OF THIS TOPIC: Third, let us help the students develop the 5 senses to thefull, to heighten their sensitivity to the world.Second, let us make use of the real things as instructionalmaterials for as long as we can.First, let us give our students opportunities top learn bydoing. Let us immerse our students in the world of experiences.5. How are you going to prepare in order to make an effective learning? Examples: preparing meals, making a project, doing power point...
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...Research shows that fish respond to painful stimuli in a manner that is not just a simple reflex. In the article “Hooked on a Myth” by Victoria Braithwaite, biologists say “We shouldn’t be so quick to believe that fish don’t feel pain.” The Standing Committee of the European Convention for the Protection of Animals Kept for Farming Purposes explains, "The skin of the fish is the first line of defence against disease and provides protection from the environment. It contains sensory receptors for touch, pressure and pain." In his book Pleasurable Kingdom: Animals and the Nature of Feeling Good, animal behaviorist Jonathan Balcombe, explains how fish are falsely, yet "commonly denied feeling" perhaps because of "their relative lack of facial expression." He states: When they are impaled on a hook, fish don't scream or grimace, though their gaping mouths may evoke a look of shock or horror to the empathetic witness. Using facial expression as a guide for sentience is hardly valid when one considers that some of the most intelligent and highly sentient marine vertebrates namely the dolphins and whales also lack facial expression. However, animals have many other ways of visually signaling their feelings. Crests, dewlaps, mouth-pages, pupil dilation and contraction, color changes, and body postures and movements are among the many visual ways fish and other animals convey emotions. Water is also a potent medium for communicating through chemicals and sounds. Dr. Balcombe examines...
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...Definitions of words used in Sensory Science A glossary of words associated with Sensory Science. Absolute threshold: See stimulus threshold. Acceptance measurement: Consumer test to determine the acceptance of (new) products. Generally involves a comparison of new products with those already on the market. Acquired preferences: Preferences which are acquired during life as a result of learning or conditioning processes. Adaptation: Ability of a sense to show a change in perception as a result of the continuing effect of a constant stimulus; the stimulus threshold of the affected sense becomes adapted to the stimulus intensity level. Adaptive response: An appropriate action in which the individual responds successfully to some environmental demand. Adaptive responses require good sensory integration, and they also further the sensory integrative process. Additivity: Addition effect of sensory impressions in a mixture so that the perceived overall intensity is equal to the sum of the intensity of the single components. Affective tests: Tests to evaluate the popularity of an aroma and/or taste impression (also called hedonic tests). Aftertaste: Sensory impression that lasts longest after swallowing. Analysis of variance: Multivariate statistical method. An independent variable Y, one or more independent variables X. Are there X differences between the products for term Y? Analytical testing: See objective testing. nosmia: Olfactory disorder resulting in temporary...
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