Compare vision and hearing with regard to the type of stimulus and information processing for each sense
What will be an ideal response?
The stimulus for vision is light waves. Light waves have three properties: (1) amplitude, affecting the perception of brightness; (2) wavelength, affecting the perception of color; and (3) purity, affecting the perception of saturation. Similarly, the stimulus for hearing is sound waves. Sound waves have the same three properties as light waves: (1) amplitude, affecting the perception of loudness; (2) wavelength, affecting the perception of pitch; and (3) purity, affecting the perception of timbre.
Both the eye and the ear convert physical energy (light and sound waves, respectively) into the neural energy that travels to the brain, producing sensory experience. In the eye, this conversion is done by the rods and cones at the retina; in the ear, this conversion is done by the hair cells, located on the basilar membrane in the inner ear. Visual information is routed to the visual cortex in the occipital lobes; auditory information is routed to the auditory cortex in the temporal lobes.
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What will be an ideal response?
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