What is the difference between stimulus generalization and stimulus discrimination?  Provide examples

Q: What stimulus elicits the behavior, and what physiological mechanisms mediate the response?

A: The study of animal behavior is called Ethology. Animal behaviors are shaped by evolution,…

Q: What are the similarities in how receptive fields are represented by the nervous system?  What…

A: In this particular question we have to describe about receptive field and how these are related with…

Q: How could someone use fMRI to determine which of two patterns in binocular rivalry is conscious at a…

A: Binocular rivalry is the phenomenon in which dissimilar types of monocular stimuli are represented…

Q: What do you call the reflex observed when you shine a light on the left eye and the pupil of the…

A: A reflex is an involuntary or automatic action that the body does in response to something without…

Q: List three ways in which rods and cones differ in structure or function.

A: Cone cells and rod cells are photoreceptors found in the eyes. Rod cells are located around the…

Q: describe the types of stimuli that are detected by mechanoreceptors?

A: The body experiences external stimuli(sensation) through various sensory receptors located on the…

Q: Summarize general principles of Sensory Stimulus Processing?

A: Sensory stimulus processing refers to the process in which the sensory stimulus is perceived,…

Q: Explain the significance of sensory transduction and sensory adaptation.

A: The brain is the central processing controlling unit of the body. Nervous coordination and signaling…

Q: How does marcellus receptors and pacinius receptors help in two point discrimination

A: The Marcellus receptors and Pacinius receptors help in two-point discrimination with the help of…

Q: How does the brain perceive the intensity of a stimulus?The type of stimulus?

A: Sensory process in animals is quite complex as it involves multiple steps beginning with reception,…

Q: Explain the difference between Place and Stimulus-Response learning strategies. Include the…

A: The activation of Brain sources that occur in response to auditory, visual and audiovisual stimuli…

Q: List a specific example of each of the four types of sensoryreceptors.

A: Sensory receptors are epidermal cells which are able to respond to the stimulus from environment.…

Q: give some examples of mechanoreceptors in your body and their functions?

A: These consist of sensory cell that detect mechanical pressure or distortion. Tactile receptors in…

Q: Explain how the vestibular apparatus provides information about changes in the position of our body…

A: Anatomy and physiology are the branches of biology, anatomy deals with the study of the structure of…

Q: Match the receptors in column A with the stimulus it perceives in column B and the type of receptor…

A: Various kinds of receptors are found in human body. Receptors are classified in accordance with mode…

Q: How is a sensory system able to maintain sensitivity across a wide range of stimulus intensities?…

A: Sensory system consists of five senses in the form of skin, tongue, ear, eyes and and nose. This…

Q: Who originated the quantitative receptor theory?

A: Answer: Introduction: John Newport Langley and Paul Ehrlich presented the concept of a receptor that…

Q: Explain how mechanoreceptors are involved in the senseof equilibrium.

A: The cells are the primary unit of life. Based on the number of cells an organism may be prokaryotic…

Q: describe how the nervous system codes for the nature of a stimulus and the intensity of a stimulus?

A: The nervous framework is an exceptionally intricate piece of a creature that facilitates its…

Q: How does the nervous system code information about stimulus intensity?

A: Stimulus intensity is defined as the strength of the sensory input to the brain.   The nervous…

Q: In an essay describe in details collection of stimuli at the sense organ and describe in detail…

A: Our body works and coordinates with different organ systems that is present within the body via…

Q: Which of these is most consistent with the same-object advantage?     a. faster reaction times…

A: Sol:- The same object advantage is commonly used technique in psychology. In that the question,…

Q: How does a neuron communicate a stimulus's strength

A: The nervous system relies on the rate at which a neuron fires and how many neurons fire at any given…

Q: Explain the difference between reception and perception, use example and be extremely specific…

A: Reception is the sense of receiving or action of receiving but Perception is the organization,…

Q: Explain why a stimulus to a neuron that has a small receptive field can be located more precisely…

A: The somatosensory system is a part of the sensory nervous system, which is made up of neurons and…

Q: how does visual transduction occur in rods? Select one: a. By inhibition: light bleaches the…

A: The retina of the eye is packed with photosensitive cells called "rod" and "cone" cells which…

Q: Explain the difference between reception and perception. Use an example.

A: Before discussing the differences between reception and perception, we must understand the…

Q: Explain the differences between stimulus 1, 2 and 3. Provide examples.

A: Description of Stimulus 1:- This is a subthreshold stimulus since there is no action potential in…

Q: Provide an example of how or whether this vision feedback may be used in a sport/exercise…

A: Visual feedback in sport can be anything from a video of the athlete performing a task, a marker of…

Q: Explain why individuals are often so insensitive to their own body and breath odor. How does sensory…

A: The sensory organs are the specialized organs that comprise sensory neurons. These neurons help to…

Q: How do mechanoreceptors respond to mechanical stimuli? Explain with an example?

A: Cutaneous mechanoreceptors respond to mechanical stimuli that result from physical interaction,…

Q: What is Shape-Pattern Theory?  Which sense does it involve, and how does it work?

A: The characteristic that makes something perceptible to the olfactory sense is referred to as smell,…

Q: If a monkey is trained to grab and squeeze a squeaky ball, when would mirror neurons fire? (Select…

A: Neurons can be defined as the functional unit of the nervous system. It delivers messages from the…

Q: ?draw then illustrate the three distinct fields of vision, which is important to the driving task

A: Our senses play an important role in driving. We use our all abilities to detect motion and know…

Q: Retinal ganglion cells fire at a variety of rates depending on characteristics of the visual…

A: Retinal ganglion cells analyze visual information that enters the eye and transmits it to the brain…

Q: Rapidly adapting tactile receptors include all the following types, except :-a- Merkel discsb-…

A: The receptors present in sensory organs like eye, nose, ear, and mouth are called sensory receptors.…

Q: What are the differences between slowly adapting and rapidly adapting receptors

A: Rapidly adapting or phasic, receptors respond to stimuli maximally but briefly; if the stimulus is…

Q: In what way does the overall magnitude of a stimulus affect the just-noticeable difference in the…

A: Introduction: The duration of the impulse varies depending on the degree of the stimulation. Sensory…

Q: How does the frequency of action potentials in the primary sensory neuron code for stimulus…

A: The nervous system's functional unit that transmits nerve impulses from the stimulus site to the…

Q: How do receptors encode modality? Stimulus intensity? What is adaptation in a receptor?

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Q: What are some general similarities in how receptive fields are represented by the nervous system?…

A: The receptive field is a region in the sensory periphery that is influenced by a stimulus that…

Q: Stimulus-Response Compatibility

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