Sensory receptors

Receptors are energy filters

Transduction of energy in vision

Transduction of energy in audition

Transduction of energy in somatosensory

Transduction of energy in taste and olfaction

Transduction of energy in pain

Receptive field

Rapidly adapting receptors

Slowly adapting receptors

Exteroceptive

Interoceptive

Optic flow

Auditory flow

Neural relays

Pain receptors in the spinal cord

Pain pathways in the periaqueductal grey matter

Gating

Relays allow sensory interactions

Mcgurke effect

Sensory information

Synthesia

Density and sensitivity

Two point sensitivity

Fovea

Peripheral retina

Topographic organization

Sensory systems and multiple representations

Secondary areas

Photoreceptors

Rods

Cones

Bipolar cells

Ganglion cells

Geniculostriate pathway

Lateral geniculate nucleus

V1

Tectopulvinar pathways

Auditory receptors

Frequency

Amplitude

Complexity

Outer ear

Middle ear

Ossicles

Inner ear

Cochlea

Tonotopic theory

Auditory pathways

Nocioception

Hapsis

Proprioception

Wilder Penfield

Homunculus

Vestibular system

Semicircular canals and otolith organs

Vestibular system pathway

Taste buds

Smell receptors

Gustatory pathway

Olfactory pathways

Pyriform cortex

Perception