Sensation, Perception & Motor Planning
Please consider the following prompt and craft a response that sufficiently captures all aspects of it from your unique point of view and original research. Please cite and reference any source(s) you use to help write this response in APA format. Notice that in addition to your Main Entry post, you will need to offer two substantive classmate response posts to complete this exercise. See below instructions that will guide your peer engagement thinking/posting. See syllabus or course calendar for due dates for both main entry posts and peer engagement.
Main Entry: Parts 1 and 2
Part 1: Sensation and Perception
Many studies have demonstrated individual differences in pain, such as sex and gender differences, age differences, and differences that are influenced by culture and ethnicity.
Sensation, Perception & Motor Planning
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What individual differences in pain have you observed in your life?,
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Why might these pain differences exist?,
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How would you explain biological vs. perceptual aspects of pain in everyday terms?,
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Why do sensory differences exist between humans and other species?,
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What surprised you about motor planning and execution, and what questions remain?
- Do you see any evidence of these differences in your life? Do you experience pain differently than your spouse? Your children? Your parents, siblings or friends? Explain how this research translates to your lived experience.
- Why do you think these differences exist?
- If you were going to explain what these differences tell us about the biological vs. perceptional aspects of pain to the person/people you described in part (a), in plain, everyday language, how would you do so?
Humans also differ in terms of what our sensory systems detect vs. what other species do (i.e., we don’t experience the same sensory world as a dog, a snake, a bird, or a fish). While we are on the topic of differences in sensation and perception, discuss why you think there are interspecies differences in sensory systems. Bring in evidence to support your hypothesis.
Part 2: Motor Planning and Execution
Your unit reading walked you through the biological process of planning and executing motor movements (i.e., you want to get up to take the garbage out, and there is a biochemical process that is allowing you to plan that action and then execute it to achieve your goal). What did you find interesting and/or surprising from your reading, why did it surprise you, and what questions, if any, remain?
Sensation, Perception & Motor Planning