Nancy- My answer would be yes to your specific question which ends with "to some degree". Neither the eye nor the ear are contralateral, but your statement/question is vision and hearing so yes. The world is contralateral for those two senses is the way I often present it- think about the eye. If you say too much about the ear (as both are bilateral, so to speak) then it tends to just confuse them.
E.g., The eye/retina is bilateral (each one). But it is visual field that is contralateral (thus the cheek side of each retina is contralateral and the nose side is ipsilateral- sort of). :) I can't imagine why this confuses students in intro at all. (with a hint of irony). I would completely agree with Brandon's statement (included below). Tim _______________________________ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor, Department of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: [email protected] teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and systems "You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." Dorothy Parker ________________________________________ From: drnanjo [[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2011 5:58 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] contralateral organization This is what I am using: Vision Hearing Chemical (Taste, Smell) Somatosensory (Touch, Proprioception, Introception Balance, Temperature, Pain) Are all of these contralateral to some degree? Nancy Melucci LBCC et al... -----Original Message----- From: Brandon, Paul K <[email protected]> To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, Nov 27, 2011 4:55 pm Subject: Re: [tips] contralateral organization Depends on what you classify as a sensory system... Think below the neck. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=14429 or send a blank email to leave-14429-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
