PS102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Interposition, Auditory Cortex, Inner Ear
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Sensation is the process through which the senses detect visual, auditory, and other sensory stimuli and transmit them to the brain. (your senses) The difference between not being able to perceive a stimulus and being able to just barely perceive it. the smallest amount of stimulation necessary for you to be able to detect. The minimum amount of sensory stimulation that can be detected 50% of the time (ex. How much sugar or milk needs to be in for you to knottiest it) Smallest increase or decrease in a physical stimulus that is required to produce the . Just noticeable difference (jnd) in sensation that is detectable 50% of the time. (too much sugar) (weather fraction is) (for something you need big difference to knottiest, for something you need small difference to knottiest) Amount of increase needed to make a difference. If you are carrying 2kg, 1 additional gram will not make a difference.
