Sensory Processes

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  • Sensory Pathways:
    1. Sensory Reception: detect stimulus and sense organ
    2. Sensory Transduction: Converts stimulus to receptor potential (change in membrane potential)
    3. Transmission: sensory receptor depolarizes -> AP triggered (high receptor potential = more frequent AP's)
    4. Perception: Brain Processes Information
  • Types:
    • Chemo: taste and smell
    • Mechano: touch and hearing
    • Photo: light, seeing