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Unit 3 – Sensation and Perception
Topic 3.6
What major shift occurred in our understanding of chemical senses in psychology?
It was discovered that we do not actually possess chemical senses at all.
There was a shift from believing chemical senses were simple processes to recognizing their complexity involving receptor proteins and molecules.
We moved from understanding these as complex systems back to seeing them as simple processes.
Our understanding changed from believing we only had three chemical senses to knowing we have five distinct ones.
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