Chapter 7 Links-Audition, the Body Senses, and the Chemical Senses
Opioid NarcoticsThis site provides a comprehensive student primer on the chemistry of the opioid analgesics. Sex Differences in Pain:
This site provides an advanced discussion of gender differences in pain sensation and physiology. Headache:
This site contains a series of links to information on headache. Intro to Pain:
This site contains an introductory discussion of the causes and treatment of pain. Organ of Corti
This site provides access to several AVI movies on the travelling wave, the outer hair cells, and transduction processes within the Organ of Corti. Music Cognition Experiments:
Site that provides students with an opportunity to take part in one of four experiments on music and cognition. Exploratorium Exhibits
This site is a digital version of the popular science museum in San Francisco. In addition to several interesting visual illusions, the site has two modules that are relevant to auditory processing including:
- Ladle Rat Rotten Hut: This demonstration shows how intonation can radically alter perception of the meaning of a popular childhood fairy tale.
- Vocal Vowels: This interactive module allows students to select various models that in turn create unique sounds.
This site offers a slide show on pain management in the treatment of cancer. The site was created by the Roxane Corporation and provides an overview of issues in pain perception ranging from neurotransmitters to pharmacology. International Association for the Study of Pain
This site provides links to pain research laboratories, to web resources on pain, and to sites that provide PET images of brain activity during acute and chronic pain states.