eye and ear

Question 1

Sensory Receptors

Answer 1

Modified ends of sensory neurons
* Convert different stimuli
to electrical energy
(action potential)
* Grouped within special
sensory organs

Question 2

Sensation

Answer 2

when the neural impulses
arrive at the cerebral cortex

Question 3

Perception

Answer 3

interpretation of the
sensory information by the cerebral cortex

Question 4

Sensory Adaptation

Answer 4

Ability of the brain to filter out redundant,
insignificant information