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The process by which sensory systems (eyes, ears, and other sensory organs) and nervous system receive stimuli from our environment.

Bottom-Up Processing

Information processing that analyzes on the raw stimuli entering through the many sensory systems.

The process of organizing and interpreting incoming sensory information.

Top-Down Processing

Information processing that draws on expectations and experiences to interpret incoming sensory information

An edge or a boundary

Absolute Threshold

The minimum amount of a stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus

Difference Threshold

The minimum amount of difference needed to detect that two stimuli are not the same

Signal Detection Theory

A theory that predicts how and when we detect the presence of a faint stimulus (signal) amid background stimulation (noise).

Sensory Adaptation

Diminished sensitivity to constant and unchanging stimulation

Selective Attention

Focusing conscious awareness on a particular stimulus to the exclusion of others

The brightness of light as determined by height of the wave

The color of light as determined by the wavelength of the light energy

Electromagnetic Energy

An energy spectrum that includes X-rays, radar, and radio waves

The clear, curved bulge on the front of the eye that bends light rays to begin focusing them

A ring of muscle tissue that forms the colored portion of the eye and regulates the size of the pupil