Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Synesthesia, Prosthesis, The Rods

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Synesthesia: rare and mysterious condition ( mixing of the senses ). They may experience sounds as colours or tastes as touch sensations that have different shapes. Transduction: you sensory receptors must translate all stimulus into the only language your nervous system understand: the language of nerve impulses. Feature detectors: specialized neurons that break down and analyze the specific features of the stimuli. Sensation: is the stimulus-detection process by which our sense organs respond to and translate environmental stimuli into nerve impulses that are sent to the brain. Perception: making sense of what our senses tell us. It is the active process of organizing this stimulus input and giving it meaning: perception is influenced by context. Specialized sensory receptors transform energy forms (light waves, sound waves) into the code language of nerve impulses: sensory equipment of any species is an adaptation to its environment, nerve impulses is the only language the nervous system understands.