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SENSATION &

PERCEPTION

Sensation
Presentation of stimuli to sensory receptors.
Sensory receptors are specialized neuron
activated by energies coming from outside
the body

Transduction

Process of converting external stimulus into


neural impulses

Habituation

Tendency of the brain to stop from


attending to constant and unchanging
stimuli

Sensory Adaptation

Tendency of sensory receptors to become


less responsive to unchanging stimuli

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