Name:

Selected Special Senses

Data Table 1 – Smell Identification
	Trail 1	Trail 2	Trail 3	Trail 4	Trail 5	
Two Smells Mixed						
Three Smells Mixed						
Four Smells Mixed						
What 10 items were used to mix together in this experiment? 
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Data Table 2 –
Location	Minimum Distance for Identification of 2 points in mm	
Back of hand		
Palm of hand		
Index finger		
Cheek		
Thigh		

		

Questions:
1)	What was the maximum amount of smells you could correctly determine in one mixture?
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2)	What could be a possible reason why you were not able to smell all the individual smells in a mixture?
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3)	Did your experimental measurements match the ones provided from the 1968 study?  Which matched?  Which did not match?
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4)	What area of your body tested was the most sensitive?
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5)	Explain why one area of your body can discriminate two points closer than another part of your body.
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6)	How far was your head from the image when you realized the dot disappeared and therefore you found your blind spot?
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7)	What are two different lighting conditions you tried your Benham spinner in?
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8)	What colors did you see when using the Benham spinner?
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9)	Were there any of the visual illusions that did not work for you?  If yes, why do you think they didn’t work?
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