Summary: Sensation And Perception

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  • Stimulus from the environment which the nervous system transmits to the brain

    Sensation
  • Taking in the big picture first, details second

    Top-Down Processing
  • The process of sensation can be seen as three steps

    Reception
    Transduction
    Transmission
  • Stimulation of sensory receptor cells by energy

    Reception
  • Transforming cell stimulation into neural impulses

    Transduction
  • Delivering neural information to the brain for processing

    Transmission
  • Minimum stimulation needed to detect particular stimulus 50% of the time

    Absolute Threshold
  • Minimum differences between stimuli required to detect 50% of time

    Difference Threshold
  • Constant percentage that two stimuli must differ to be perceived

    Weber's Law
  • Diminished sensitivity as a consequence of constant stimulation

    Sensory adaption (tunes out constant stimulation)
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