3 ARTICLES COVERING SENSATION AND PERCEPTION

ARTICLE #1

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Here’s How to Get Rid of a Bad Aftertaste

DESCRIPTION

While this may seem like an unusual article for Psychology class, it is included because there are very few articles in the news regarding the gustatory or sense of taste.  This article will make students aware of other aspects of the sensation and perception spectrum.  There is also a video included about food, relationships, and taste.

SOURCE

Time, May 9, 2019, by Jamie Ducharme

LINK TO RESOURCE

https://time.com/5584027/how-to-get-rid-of-aftertaste/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=time-health&utm_content=20200225

(Tiny URL)  https://tinyurl.com/qwrcfyt

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ARTICLE #2

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Can Hearing Aids Help Prevent Dementia?

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This is a fascinating article that discusses research on hearing loss and development of dementia.  “Preliminary evidence linking dementia and hearing loss was published in 1989 by doctors at the University of Washington, Seattle, who compared 100 patients with Alzheimer’s-like dementia with 100 demographically similar people without it and found that those who had dementia were more likely to have hearing loss, and that the extent of that loss seemed to correspond with the degree of cognitive impairment.”  The article discusses the different ares of the brain and how they may degenerate over time due to hearing loss.  This article can be used for the topics of neuroscience, aging, and sensation and perception.

SOURCE

New York Times, February 9, 2020, by Kim Tingley

LINK TO RESOURCE

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/magazine/hearing-loss-dementia-alzheimers.html?te=1&nl=science-times&emc=edit_sc_20200225&campaign_id=34&instance_id=16263&segment_id=21596&user_id=c6b93a8d82143938176a0b35d93b5dab&regi_id=3820079120200225

(Tiny URL)  https://tinyurl.com/udsyf6h

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ARTICLE #3

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How the brain adapts to hear better after vision loss

DESCRIPTION

Is it true that other senses (touch and hearing) as well as the brain develop and adapt to hearing loss?  “Indeed, researchers have shown that people with severe visual impairments can perform better than fully-sighted people on hearing tasks and are better able to locate the source of a sound. Other research also reveals that people who lost their eyesight early in their life can hear sounds better than people without vision loss.  Previous studies have suggested that the brains of people with vision loss can adapt and “rewire” to enhance their other fully functional senses.  Now, research conducted by a team from the University of Washington in Seattle and the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom has discovered what changes take place in the brains of people who lost their eyesight at an early age that makes them better able to process sound.”  This is a fascinating article that can be used with the topics of sensation and perception.

SOURCE

Medical News Today, April 25, 2019, by Maria Cohut Ph.D.

LINK TO RESOURCE

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/325032

(Tiny URL)  https://tinyurl.com/sm6nkgr

CLASS DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

•What is the difference between Sensation and Perception?

•According to the article, what accounts for a bad after taste?

•What is hypothesized as to the reason that hearing loss can cause cognitive decline (dementia)?

•How does the brain and other senses (touch and hearing) compensate for vision loss?