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The process by which our sense organs receive information from the environment.

• Perception

• Sensation

• Cognition

• Awareness

The process by which the brain organizes and interprets sensory information.

• Perception

• Sensation

• Cognition

• Awareness

Conversion of physical energy into electrical signals in the nervous system.

• Transduction

• Transmission

• Transformation

• Translation

The study of the relationship between physical stimuli and our experience of them.

• Psychophysics

• Psychology

• Physiology

• Sensory science

The minimum amount of physical energy needed for a person to detect a stimulus 50% of the time.

• Absolute threshold

• Just noticeable difference

• Subliminal perception

• Adaptation

The smallest difference between two stimuli that can be detected 50% of the time.

• Difference threshold

• Absolute threshold

• Sensory limit

• Subliminal line

Decrease in sensory response to an unchanging stimulus.

• Sensory adaptation

• Habituation

• Adjustment

• Filtering

The sense that detects light energy and enables sight.

• Vision

• Hearing

• Touch

• Smell

The clear membrane that covers the front of the eye and bends light rays.

• Cornea

• Iris

• Lens

• Retina

The structure that controls the amount of light entering the eye by changing pupil size.

• Iris

• Lens

• Cornea

• Retina