________ involves the conversion of sensory stimulus energy into neural impulses.
Transduction
_______ refers to the minimum amount of stimulus energy required to be detected 50% of the time.
Absolute threshold
________ occurs when sensory information is organized, interpreted, and consciously experienced.
Perception
The ________ is a small indentation of the retina that contains cones.
Fovea
Sympathetic activation is associated with ________.
Both A and C:
Pupil dilation and increased heart rate
The ________ is a sensory relay station where all sensory information, except for smell, goes before being sent to other areas of the brain for further processing.
Thalamus
Damage to the ________ disrupts one’s ability to comprehend language, but it leaves one’s ability to produce words intact.
Wernike's area
A(n) ________ uses magnetic fields to create pictures of a given tissue.
MRI
The ________ (i.e. master gland) secretes messenger hormones that direct the function of the rest of the endocrine glands.
Pituitary
Per your reading, ________ refers to a person’s genetic makeup, while ________ refers to a person’s physical characteristics.
Genotype;Phenotype
A(n) ________ is a sudden, permanent change in a sequence of DNA.
Mutation
Per your reading, humans, after an egg is fertilized (i.e., zygotes) have ________ pairs of chromosomes.
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