Sensory perception
Terms and Structure
Sensory perception occurs in organisms capable of performing neurophysiological processing of the stimuli in their environment, and covers the processes commonly called "the senses": hearing, vision, taste, smell and so on. Sensory perception involves detection of the stimulus and subsequent recognition and characterization of it. There are five different stimulus types involved in sensory processing - chemical, mechanical, electrical, light and temperature.
neurophysiological process [i] sensory perception [p] detection of stimulus during sensory perception [i] detection of chemical stimulus during sensory perception [i] detection of electrical stimulus during sensory perception [etc.] [i] sensory perception of chemical stimulus [p] detection of chemical stimulus during sensory perception [i] sensory perception of electrical stimulus [p] detection of electrical stimulus during sensory perception [etc.]
The (known) senses are represented as processes underneath sensory perception. Most are worded sensory perception of [stimulus modality], e.g. sensory perception of sound, sensory perception of touch, although some have more common names, such as visual perception or electroception.
A combination of stimuli may be used by some of the senses; for example, sensory perception of pain may come from temperature, mechanical, electrical or chemical stimuli. Similarly, stimuli of a certain type may be perceived by different senses: e.g. both sense of smell and taste use chemical stimuli. The structure is as follows:
sensory perception [i] sensory perception of chemical stimulus [i] sensory perception of smell [p] detection of chemical stimulus during sensory perception of smell [i] sensory perception of taste [p] detection of chemical stimulus during sensory perception of taste [p] detection of chemical stimulus during sensory perception [i] detection of chemical stimulus during sensory perception of smell [i] detection of chemical stimulus during sensory perception of taste [i] detection of chemical stimulus during sensory perception of pain
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[i] sensory perception of pain [p] detection of chemical stimulus during sensory perception of pain [p] detection of electrical stimulus during sensory perception of pain [p] detection of mechanical stimulus during sensory perception of pain [p] detection of temperature stimulus during sensory perception of pain
This structure is also repeated under the response to stimulus node:
response to stimulus [i] detection of stimulus [i] detection of chemical stimulus [i] detection of chemical stimulus during sensory perception [i] detection of chemical stimulus during sensory perception of smell [i] detection of chemical stimulus during sensory perception of taste [i] detection of stimulus during sensory perception [i] detection of chemical stimulus during sensory perception
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[i] sensory perception [p] detection of stimulus during sensory perception [i] detection of chemical stimulus during sensory perception [etc.]
sensory perception of xxx may have the exact synonym perception of xxx.
Standard Definitions
- sensory perception: The series of events required for an organism to receive a sensory stimulus, convert it to a molecular signal, and recognize and characterize the signal.
- sensory perception of [stimulus type] stimulus: The series of events required for an organism to receive a [stimulus type] stimulus, convert it to a molecular signal, and recognize and characterize the signal.
- detection of [stimulus type] stimulus during sensory perception of [sensory modality]: The series of events during the perception of [sensory modality] in which a [stimulus type] stimulus is received and converted to a molecular signal.