week 1 - intro to sensory neuroscience

Question 1

What is needed in order to “build” experience?

Answer 1

sensation and perception

Question 2

sensation

Answer 2

most basic and fundamental components of an experience

Question 3

perception

Answer 3

the processes used to arrive at a meaningful interpretation of sensations

Question 4

What are the 3 steps in the sensory process?

Answer 4

1. reception
2. transduction
3. coding

Question 5

reception

Answer 5

presentation of a stimulus causes sensory receptors to activate

Question 6

transduction

Answer 6

the conversion/translation of stimulus energy into an electrochemical neuronal change

Question 7

coding

Answer 7

involves neural processing which is the correspondance between stimulus features and neuronal activity

Question 8

What are the types of behavioral responses to the sensory process?

Answer 8

• perception
• recognition
• action (behavior)

Question 9

What two methods are used to study perception?

Answer 9

psychophysical and physiological approaches

Question 10

psychophysical approach

Answer 10

measures relationship between the stimuli and the behavioral response

Question 11

physiological approach

Answer 11

• measures relationship between stimuli and physiological response
• measures relationship between physiological response and behavioral response