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Sensory/Cognitive/Alzheimer's
Theory # 19
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Undergraduate 1
11/17/2008

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Sensory Stimulation
Definition
Process of sending and receiving data
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Sensory Reception
Definition
Process of receiving data about our internal and external environments // How we maintain our contact in the environment (internal and external)
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Senses
Definition
Important because it is vital for survival, essential for growth and development, and ability to experience pleasure through our senses (music and touch)
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4 conditions necessary for a sensory experience
Definition
Stimulus, Receptor, Nerve Impulse, and Brain
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Stimulus
Definition
Capable of initiating a response by our own nervous system // Sound or touch
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Receptor
Definition
Receiving and converting to nerve impulse // Things that receive stimulus (ears, eyes, skin, olfactory, taste)
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Nerve Impulse
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Needs to be intact // must be conducted along a nervous pathway from the receptor or sense organ to the brain
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Brain
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Receives and translates the impulse into a sensation
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Pharma
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