Flashcards: Understanding Sensory Modalities — 10 cards

Sensory Modality — definition?

A specific type of sensory perception involving specialized receptors.

Sensory Modality — definition?

A type of sensory perception linked to a sense.

Receptors — role?

Detect stimuli and transduce them into neural signals.

Receptors — role?

Detect stimuli and convert them into neural signals.

Transduction — mechanism?

Conversion of physical stimuli into electrical neural signals.

Transduction — process?

Converting stimuli into neural signals.

Sensory thresholds — types?

Absolute threshold and difference threshold.

Perceptual Organization — purpose?

Organize sensory input into meaningful patterns.

Depth Perception — contribution?

Creates 3D understanding of our environment.

Color Vision Theories — types?

Trichromatic and Opponent Process theories.