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.]
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
- [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
- 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
- [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.