Peer Review

Physiology of the Senses is a collection of 12 interactive tutorials on the senses and how the brain processes information. The first four tutorials are related to the visual sense, the next two are about how the brain processes input, and the seventh tutorial is about touch. Tutorial 8 is about muscle sense and the next two are about hearing and balance. The Hearing Tutorial has audio. Tutorial 11 is about eye movements, and the last tutorial is about memory. Each tutorial has an animated Flash session, a PDF version, sets of problems and answers, and links to related web sites. The site includes instructions, an index page, and links to download Flash Plug-in and Adobe Acrobat Reader. It was developed for undergraduate honors students and graduate students by Tutis Vilis, Department of Physiology, University of Western Ontario London, London, Ontario.

These tutorials "attempt to emphasize the "why's". Why your brain is built one way and not some other way". The student will be able to achieve an comprehensive understanding of how the human senses determine human perception and action.

These tutorials are part of a course that is opened to students in honours
physiology/pharmacology (4th year), honors psychology/physiology, or graduate
programs.

Students should have a Basic undestanding of anatomy and physiology and medical terminology .

Each tutorial contains an extensive, interactive Flash animated presentation, a PDF file covering the same materials, a set of related problems and answers, andlinks to related web sites.

Physiology students can extensively study and review the complexity of normal
human brain functions. Junior/Senior undergraduates in other healthcare
education program may also benefit.

Flash version 6 Plug-in, Adobe Acrobat Reader, and IE. User may have problems if using Netscape, but the site provides information on possible solutions for Netscape users.