Sensory system -- A sensory system is a part of the nervous system responsible for processing sensory information. A sensory system consists of sensory receptors, neural pathways, and parts of the brain involved in ... > full article

Peripheral vision -- Peripheral vision is a part of vision that occurs outside the very center of gaze. There is in actuality a very broad set of non-central points in the field of view that is included in the notion of ... > full article

Motion perception -- Motion perception is the process of inferring the speed and direction of objects that move in a visual scene given some visual input. While this process appears straighforward to most observers, it ... > full article

Visual perception -- Visual perception is one of the senses, consisting of the ability to detect light and interpret (see) it as the perception known as sight or naked eye vision. Vision has a specific sensory system, ... > full article

Olfaction -- Olfaction, the sense of odor (smell), is the detection of chemicals dissolved in air (or in water, by animals that live under water). In vertebrates smells are sensed by the olfactory epithelium ... > full article

Alpha wave -- Alpha waves are electromagnetic oscillations in the frequency range of 8-12 Hzへるつ arising from synchronous and coherent (in phase / constructive) electrical activity of large groups of neurons in the ... > full article

Sensory neuron -- Sensory neurons are nerve cells within the nervous system responsible for converting external stimuli from the organism's environment into internal electrical impulses. For example, some sensory ... > full article

Hearing impairment -- A hearing impairment is a decrease in one's ability to hear (i.e. perceive auditory information). While some cases of hearing loss are reversible with medical treatment, many lead to a permanent ... > full article

Auditory system -- The auditory system is the sensory system for the sense of hearing. The sound waves enter the ear canal, a simple tube (but one which amplifies sounds that are between 3 and 12 kHzきろへるつ). At the far end ... > full article

Psychophysics -- Psychophysics is an interdisciplinary field occupying the intersection between cognitive psychology and experimental psychology and dealing with the relationship between physical stimuli and their ... > full article

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