Essays Tagged: "Sensory receptor"

A brief description of habituation

t will just habituate to a new person soon. Keep in mind that this is almost the opposite of sensory adaptation. When sensory adaptation occurs, the sensory receptors grow dull and stop sending ...

(1 pages) 16 0 0.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Sensation and Perception

all four experiments, you will experience adaptation. What is it? Describe the systems that receive sensory information in these experiments. Also, summarize your responses to the experiments. Write a ... ng this is due to fact that I did rub the same finger and it was desensitized. This experiment is a sensory adaptation of touch. Our senses adjust to the level of stimulation we receive so as to be as ...

(3 pages) 258 0 5.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Sensation & Perception

Science- Biology Practical Reflex and Touch

decisions, they are automatic. An example would be to put your hand on a hot object. In this case a sensory receptor from our finger would pick up an impulse, and the travel along the spinal cord, thi ... om our finger would pick up an impulse, and the travel along the spinal cord, this cell is called a sensory neurone, because it is carrying an impulse from a sensory receptor.In the spinal cord, the n ...

(2 pages) 13 0 3.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology