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The _______ pathway is the route from the spinal cord to the brain that carries signals from skin, muscles, tendons, and joints.

_______ are sensory receptors located in a muscle that sense the muscle’s tension.

_______is a term from philosophy that refers to one’s private conscious experiences of sensation or perception.

_______ is a method of communication that uses touch sensations only.

Which formal, mathematical approach to modeling perception takes into consideration both the current stimulus and our knowledge about the conditions of the world?

Tarr and his colleagues found that the amount of time needed to recognize novel objects is at least partially determined by

The A-delta and C fibers are types of

The figure below is an illustration of

In a mineral rights or mineral interest transfer of subsurface rights, an oil company typically owns the subsurface rights and is legally entitled to use the surface to capture the minerals, although the oil company does not actually own the surface. (Chapter 3) 

You throw two objects, A and B, upward at the same time. The initial velocities are v0A = 0.8 m/s and v0B = [v0b] m/s. The blue curve in the figure shows the y-position as a function of time t for object A. At time t = t2, what will be the velocity of object B? Assume upward is positive. Provide your answer in m/s.