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6 Cards in this Set
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Sensation |
the process by which our sense organs and receptors detect and respond to sensory information that stimulates them. The information at this stage is simply raw sensory data. It is meaningless until it is sent to the relevant sensory area in the brain for processing. |
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Perception |
refers to the process by which we give meaning to sensory information. This processing results in the conscious experience of our external (and internal) environments. |
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Reception |
the process of detecting and responding to incoming sensory information. |
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Transduction |
the process by which the receptors change the energy of the detected sensory information into a form which can travel along neural pathways to the brain as action potentials (which are also called neural impulses). |
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Transmission |
the process of sending the sensory information (as action potentials) to relevant areas of the brain via the thalamus |
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Interpretation |
the process in which incoming sensory information is given meaning so that it can be understood |
