PSYCH 1100H Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Absolute Threshold, Neural Adaptation, Optic Chiasm

• School: Ohio State University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 1100H
• Professor: All

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Sensation: sensation: process of detecting environmental stimuli or stimuli arising from the body, detection . Perception: perception: process of interpreting sensory information, assembles into something meaningful. Sensory information travels to the brain: transduction: translation of incoming sensory information into neural signals, converts to a nervous system signal, input transduction neuronal activation (excite/inhibit) sent to brain. Sensory adaptation: sensory adaptation: tendency to pay less attention to a nonchanging source of stimulation, organism adapts to current conditions, the link between sensation, perception, and our experiences . Attention: directs our sensory systems toward certain stimuli, selects specific information for further processing, allocates the mental energy needed for that processing, regulates the flow of resources needed to perform tasks and coordinate several tasks. Selective attention missing the gorilla: we can sometimes be so focused that we miss important information. Divided attention multitasking: we are not as good at multitasking as we may like to think.