Psychological Journal 1 Sensory Adaptation Analysis
Roya Jamshidi
Dr. Countryman
PSY 101
March 7th, 2012
Psychological Journal #1: Sensory Adaptation
Sensation is described as the stimulus of the receptors that our brain receives whenever we utilize any of our five senses such as hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting, or touching. Sensation travels through a process called transduction, which converts, by sensors in the body, of psychical signals from the environment into neural signals sent to the central nervous system (S & G, 2011, pg. 94). When you walk into a college dorm room, the aroma of marijuana is overwhelming at first, but after a few minutes the smell fades. When you first wake up in the morning and put a clean pair of underwear on, you initially feel them rubbing against
Dr. Countryman
PSY 101
March 7th, 2012
Psychological Journal #1: Sensory Adaptation
Sensation is described as the stimulus of the receptors that our brain receives whenever we utilize any of our five senses such as hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting, or touching. Sensation travels through a process called transduction, which converts, by sensors in the body, of psychical signals from the environment into neural signals sent to the central nervous system (S & G, 2011, pg. 94). When you walk into a college dorm room, the aroma of marijuana is overwhelming at first, but after a few minutes the smell fades. When you first wake up in the morning and put a clean pair of underwear on, you initially feel them rubbing against