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Chapter 5: Perception & Sensation

Horizontales
The minimum intensity of stimulation that must occur before you experience a sensation.
Another word for vision
The thin inner surface of the back of the eyeball; it contains the sensory receptors that transduce light into neural signals.
The detection of external stimuli and the transmission of this information to the brain.
___________ is the brain’s further processing, organization, and interpretation of sensory information.
The minimum amount of change required for a person to detect a difference between two stimuli.
Laymen term for gustation.
Retinal cells that respond to low levels of light and result in black-and-white perception.
__________ is how knowledge, expectations, or past experiences shape the interpre- tation of sensory information. That is, context affects perception:
The sense of taste.
The center of the retina, where cones are densely packed.
Sensory organs in the mouth that contain the receptors for taste.
Verticales
The process by which sensory stimuli are converted to signals the brain can interpret.
__________ is based on the physical features of the stimulus. As each sensory aspect of a stimulus is pro- cessed, the aspects build up into perception of that stimulus.
The sense of smell.
Sense of _____, allows you to feel textures on your skin.
__________ is a decrease in sensitivity to a constant level of stimulation
Laymen term for olfactory.
Laymen term for audition.
The class you are in.
A thin membrane that marks the beginning of the middle ear; sound waves cause it to vibrate.
Retinal cells that respond to higher levels of light and result in color perception.
Sensory input for hearing.