Additional Senses

Why are some smells stronger than others?

• We like them more
• The molecules are bigger
• Just because
• They have more smell molecules than others

If you plug your nose you can't taste your food as well....

• true
• false

Over the summer Mr. Fuller had to do a spinning bat challenge.  After spinning around the bat 20 times he lost his balance and fell down right away because his ________ sense was not working.

• vestibular
• kinesthetic
• nociception
• olfaction

Which part of your tongue are you using when you taste something sweet

• front of your tongue
• sides of your tongue
• back of your tongue
• all of your tongue

is a condition when perception in one sense is triggered by a sensation in a DIFFERENT sense.  Feeling that #7 is salty for example

• synaethesia
• sensory interaction
• sensory adaptation
• vestibular sense

Which sense senses pain?  Stubbing your toe, or biting your cheek for example.

• nociception
• thermoception
• kinesthesis
• pressure

Sensing temperature is part of 

• kinethesis
• nociception
• thermoception
• synethesia

Combining senses; such as understanding flavor as not just taste, but also a combination of sight, smell and texture; is an example of

• synaesthesia
• sensory adaptation
• sensory interaction
• vestibular sense

According to psychologists, how many senses do we have?

• Only 5
• 5 plus the ability to see dead people...so six
• At least 9
• More than 25

The Vestibular sense is the sense that

• helps you hear
• involves muscles, joints and tendons
• helps you keep your balance and know which way is up
• Allows you to do complex activities like juggling