Sensation: Vision, Hearing, and Other Senses

AP Psychology· difficulty 3/5

Pinna Canal Ossicles Cochlea Auditory pathway

Transduction of sound waves into neural signals occurs at which structure?

  • A

    The cochlea (hair cells on the basilar membrane)

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  • B

    The pinna

  • C

    The ossicles

  • D

    The auditory canal

Explanation

Sound is funneled and amplified through the outer/middle ear, but transduction—conversion of mechanical motion to neural impulses—happens when hair cells on the basilar membrane of the cochlea bend.

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