2007 Sensory Physiology

Generic sensory pathway

S&G Figure 10.6

• Information Processing
• Transduction
  • Receptor potential
  • Receptor types
  • Sensory unit
  • Stimulus coding
    • Modality
      • Specificity
      • Coding theories
    • Intensity
      • Coding mechanisms
    • Duration
      • Adaptation
    • Location
      • Lateral inhibition
• Transmission
  • Generic sensory pathway
  • Complex processing
• Perception
  • Awareness