sensation, reception, transmission... Flashcards
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Sensation
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Sensory receptors detect and respond to sensory information
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Perception
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Giving meaning to raw sensory information
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Reception
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Detecting and responding to incoming sensory information
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Receptive field
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Area of space in which a receptor can respond to a stimulus
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Transduction
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Receptors change the energy of the detected sensory information into neural impulse which can travel along neural pathways
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Transmission
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Sending the sensory information to relevant areas of the brain via the thalamus
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Interpretation
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Incoming sensory information is given meaning so that it can be understood.
