Revision 8B Flashcards
Sensory stimuli
The raw pieces of information that are detected by the 5 senses
Sensation
The process of receiving and detecting raw sensory information stimuli via sensory organs and sending this information to the brain
Reception
The sensory information is first received
Transduction
The information is converted into a neural impulse
Transmission
The information is sent to the brain for perceptual processing
Perception
The process of selecting, organising, and interpreting sensory information.
Selection
The process of attending to certain sensory information, or features of certain stimuli and excluding others
Organisation
The process in regrouping selected features of sensory stimuli in order to form a cohesive and meaningful understanding.
Interpretation
The process of understanding and assigning meaning to sensory information
Visual sensory system
The network that is involved in the sensation and perception of visual stimuli, including the eyes and the neural pathways connecting them.
Visual perception
The process of becoming consciously aware of visual stimuli as a result of the interactions between the visual sensory system, the individual’s internal and external environment.
Gustatory Perception
The process of becoming consciously aware of flavour
Gustatory receptors
The sensory receptors for taste
Taste buds
Clusters of gustatory receptors
Primary gustatory cortex
A sensory area in the parietal lobe responsible for receiving and processing tastes.
