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As an Extra Credit Assignment,Professor Thompson Has His Nutrition Class

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As an extra credit assignment,Professor Thompson has his nutrition class study different countries around the world with high malnutrition.For the project,students are asked to research a number of topics such as the number of low-birthweight newborns,prevalence of underweight children,rates of breastfeeding,and access to safe drinking water to learn more about each selected country.The students are then asked to give a brief report of their findings,along with possible strategies for helping the assigned country.Several commonalities are discovered among the students' reports.
-One key strategy that students identify to reduce deaths related to malnutrition in infants and young children is to increase rates of _____.

Identify the pathways and mechanisms involved in sensory perception and motor control.

Describe the role of the central and peripheral nervous systems in processing sensory information.

Differentiate between various sensory modalities and their associated receptors.

Illustrate the concept of somatotopy and its significance in the sensory and motor cortex.

Definitions:

Trichromatic Theory

A theory of color vision that proposes humans perceive color through the relative rates of response by three kinds of cones, each one sensitive to a different color.

Hair Cells

Sensory receptors located in the cochlea that detect sound waves and transduce them into signals that ultimately are processed in the brain as sound.

Hearing

The process by which sound waves are interpreted by the brain, allowing individuals to perceive sound.

Difference Threshold

The minimum noticeable difference that an individual can detect between two stimuli 50% of the time.