PSYC 1101 Lecture Notes - Color Vision, Amygdala, Semicircular Canals
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The sense organs" detection of external stimuli, their responses to the stimuli, and the transmission of these responses to the brain (such as light, air vibrations, and odors). Sensation is an elementary experience, such as color or motion, without the more complex perceptual experience of what is being seen or what is moving. The processing, organization, and interpretation of sensory signals; it results in an internal representation of the stimulus. The construction of useful and meaningful information about a particular environment. Perception is often based on our prior experiences, which shape our expectations about new sensory experiences. Our sensory organs translate the physical properties of stimuli into patterns of neural impulses. The different features of the physical environment are coded by patterns of impulses in different neurons. A process by which sensory receptors produce neural impulses when they receive physical or chemical stimulation.
