Senses Challenge Analysis

These parts make up the sound waves and they travel through a medium which is the material that a wave energy travels through. On page 10 in Activity 2 we had to fill out the table on how to make a louder sound and we learned that to have a louder sound the compressions have to be larger and to increase the frequency the compressions also had to be larger. When we did the activity with the slinkies this was the case because when we had more compressions the sound was louder and the frequency increased. In Activity 1 on page 4 we learned that sound intensity is how much sound energy passes through a certain area in a certain amount of time as it spreads out from the source. Decibels are a unit of measure that indicates the relative intensity of a sound. In Activity 1 on page 5 when we were looking at the table it showed us that as the sound intensity increases the decibel increases because the decibel measured how intense the sound was. According to the chart on page 4 the decibels at a quiet library is 40 dB and the relative intensity is 1000, however if the noise source is some explosions then the decibels is 160 and the relative intensity is

Until, it was brought to her attention, she had no idea that she was only drawing half of the picture. This gives us evidence that there is not only a sensory problem, but a problem of consciousness. With 30 areas in the brain for seeing, visual input divides into two parallel streams of processing. One called the How pathway, is concerned with navigation and the other called the “What” pathway is concerned with recognition.

An individual with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has sensory processing dysfunctions, one of these dysfunctions relates to hearing (auditory input). The structures of the ear make it possible for the hearing receptors to be activated by the vibrations that sound produces. These receptors process the sounds; thus, allowing the brain to distinguish and then interpret them (i.e., speech, noise or music).

When The Realm of the Senses started I was very confused where it would go. I am used to the predictable Hollywood film format, which is why I felt as if this film was a journey filled with twist and turns. This alternative Historical romance drama was “radical in both a political and an aesthetic sense” which allowed a space to contradict the ideas of the patriarchal society.

Sensory integration practice is an interesting practice of occupational therapy. Ayres developed this theory in the late 1960’s early 1970’s basing the theory off of the principles of neuroscience, developmental psychology, occupational therapy, and education. She hypothesized that the neural processes limiting the child with learning disabilities had a significant relationship with the neural processes of sensory input. Furthermore, her discoveries led to the connection between adequate processing, and integration of the sensory information, and adaptive behavior in the classroom, and in life. The children she researched with the learning disabilities also portrayed many difficulties with perceptual, sensory, and motor activities.

Sense perception is one way that allows us to interact and communicate with each other and the world. This is our primary way of knowing because our senses live experiences that we go through. Based on our senses we are to make interpretations of the world. For example, in class, each pair was given a box. Inside the box, there was one metal ball, but you had to figure out the structure or the form of a maze inside the box. We couldn't see inside the box, and we couldn’t touch the inside of the box. By using our sense of hearing and another way of knowing, imagination, we were able to make an educated guess of what the inside structure of the box looked like.

Perception checking is a cooperative approach to communication that provides accuracy instead of assuming our first interpretation is correct. It minimizes defensiveness through face saving and requires both nonverbal and verbal elements to match. The benefits of perception checking is to help us have a better understanding of a message, so both persons can mutually relate and to reduce conflict so we don 't jump to conclusions. In the perception process reality is constructed in two ways. The first order realities is physically observable qualities of a thing or situation. For example, if your friend calls you a “bone head”. On the other hand, second order realities cannot reside in objects or events but rather in our minds. It involves our attaching meaning to first order things or situations. For instance, your friend is being critical is an example of second order realities. Perception checking has three parts: description, interpretation, and clarification. Description is describing a behavior that was noticed. Interpretation is providing interpretations of the behavior, Lastly, ask for clarification from the person about the behavior and interpretations. These three parts are important because they help an individual how to prevent assuming something that is probably not the intention of the other person which is why clarification is needed in a situation like this. It is better to gather more information about the situation then to think the

a. After watching the video on sensory integration, in one paragraph, or more, summarize your understanding of sensory integration, and how it is crucial to healthy development.

Another patient of Dr. Ramachandran is Gram Young, who at the age of 8 lost his sight in a road accident that caused brain damage to main visual center which takes up half of the large region in the back of the brain. Gram explained that he would walk into things as big as pillars much like those at a train station because he couldn’t see them, but he can still see. It’s a very rare paradoxical condition referred to as blind sight. This condition allows the patient to detect a thing, but isn’t aware of what it is. Gram can see to the left, but is blind to everything on the right in both eyes. To test this Collin Blakemore an Oxford scientist, used a panel divided by line down the middle, the left side white, while the right side a light blue, of which Gram couldn’t see. When placing something in Gram’s field of vision on the left he can see it if

I also liked learning about the auditory challenge. In the test there was a video of a woman making a sound. I watched the woman’s mouth move and it did not match up with the sound I was hearing, therefore this created an auditory illusion. One way I found to decipher sound and sight was to close my eyes and only listen. That approach worked and I learned why sometimes what I hear and see do not make sense. (Senses Challenge, BBC)

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Here on planet earth there are many things to see and hear. As humans we were blessed with 5 senses which are touch, smell, taste, sight, and the ability to hear. Even if someone tried they could not name off all of the things that can be heard. Sounds can be very soothing, but at the same time can cause distress to the living.

The ears are one of the most complex and interesting systems thats human body has and the sounds we hear are actually in many different parts deflected, absorbed, and also filtered by our different body parts. It's then collected by our pinnae (the external part of or ears), whose dimensions further affect the sound on its way into ear. There, vibrations are translated into signals, which are interpreted by your brain. In the 1930s, two scientists at Bell Labs, Harvey Fletcher and Wilden A. Munson researched this process and what they discovered has changed and affected how we as humans understand the hearing process.