PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Parallax, Motion Perception, Illusory Contours
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Process by which sensory receptors pass impulses to connecting neutrons when they receive stimulation. Directed to a particular goes first to the thalamus part of the cortex. Transmission of these responses to the brain senstaion. Absolute threshold stimulation that must occur before you experience a sensation. Processing, organization, and interpretation of sensory signals in the brain. Results in an internal representation of the stimuli. Everything is experienced in the brain the world is constructed by you. The stimuli for taste are chemical substances from food that dissolve in salive. Every experience is composed of a mix of five basic qualities: sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and umami. The stimuli for smell are chemical substances from outside the body that dissolve in fluid on mucous membranes in the nose. Transmits information layer of tissue embedded with smell receptors to the olfactory bulb (the brain center for smell) Not good at naming specific odours from scent alone.
