AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Sensory transduction-the translation of the sensory stimulus into neuronal activity-involves a variety of physical and chemical mechanisms.

Detailed explanation-2: -Although the sensory systems associated with these senses are very different, all share a common function: to convert a stimulus (such as light, or sound, or the position of the body) into an electrical signal in the nervous system. This process is called sensory transduction.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the somatosensory system the sensory transduction mainly involves the conversion of the mechanical signal such as pressure, skin compression, stretch, vibration to electro-ionic impulses through the process of mechanotransduction. It also includes the sensory transduction related to thermoception and nociception.

Detailed explanation-4: -Transduction refers to the process by which a painful physical or chemical stimulus is transformed into a signal that can be carried (via transmission) to the central nervous system and perceived as pain.

Detailed explanation-5: -1. Transduction is the process of converting energy of a stimulus into neural activity.