Sensory Processing

KEY WORDS

• somatosenses - body senses
• receptor cells
• nerves - bundles of axons that transmit action potentials
• Anatomical Coding -sense organs located in different parts of the body use different nerves to send information to the brain
• Temporal Coding - coding information in terms of time

TRANSDUCTION

• sense organs detect presence of environmental stimuli
• information transmitted to brain via neural impulses (action potentials, axons)
• receptor cells - release neurotransmitters to stimulate other neuron
• Somato senses - dendrites or neurons respond directly to physical stimuli without…