RT Book, Section
A1 Kandel, Eric R.
A1 Koester, John D.
A1 Mack, Sarah H.
A1 Siegelbaum, Steven A.
SR Print(0)
ID 1180641230
T1 Sensory Coding
T2 Principles of Neural Science, 6e
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259642234
LK neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180641230
RD 2024/04/16
AB OUR  SENSES  ENLIGHTEN  AND  EMPOWER  US.  Through  sensation,  we  form  an  immediate  and  relevant  picture  of  the  world  and  our  place  in  it,  informed  by  our  past  experience  and  preparing  us  for  probable  futures.  Sensation  provides  immediate  answers  to  three  ongoing  and  essential  questions:  Is  something  there?  What  is  it?  and  What’s  changed?  To  answer  these  questions,  all  sensory  systems  perform  two  fundamental  functions:  detection  and  discrimination.  Because  our  world  and  our  needed  responses  to  it  change  with  time,  sensory  systems  can  both  preferentially  respond  and  adapt  to  changing  stimuli  in  the  short  term,  and  also  learn  to  modify  our  responses  to  stimuli  as  our  needs  and  circumstances  change.