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What do you call a decrease in sensitivity to a prolonged stimulus sensory?
A decrease in sensitivity to a prolonged stimulus is called "sensory adaptation." This phenomenon occurs when sensory receptors become less responsive to constant stimuli over time, allowing the nervous system to prioritize new and potentially important changes in the environment. Sensory adaptation helps prevent sensory overload and enables organisms to focus on more relevant stimuli.
What are structures adapted to convert stimuli into nerve impulses called?
Structures adapted to convert stimuli into nerve impulses are called receptors. Receptors can be specialized cells or structures within the body that detect a specific type of stimulus, such as light, sound, pressure, or chemicals, and then convert that stimulus into electrical signals that can be interpreted by the nervous system.
What is a stimulus which naturally elicits a response called?
A stimulus which naturally elicits a response is called an unconditioned stimulus. This type of stimulus triggers a reflexive or innate response without prior learning.
A change in an organisms environment that causes the origanism to react is called an?
stimulus
A change in an organism's environment that causes the organism to react is called?
The change is actually a stimulus and when the organism reacts to the stimulus, it becomes a response. Overall, The answer is a stimulus.
What is a decreased sensitivity that occurs when a stimulus is continuously applied to sensory receptors called?
It all depends on the sensory receptors affected by continuous stimulus applied. It can cause complete damage to the receptors and or prevent them from receiving the correct signals.
What are brains stimulus receptors called?
sensoria
What is the adjustment of sensory receptors to continuous stimulation by decreasing their signals to the brain called?
This adjustment is called sensory adaptation. It allows sensory receptors to become less sensitive to a constant stimulus over time, helping the brain to focus on detecting new or changing stimuli.
What are structures adapted to convert stimuli into nerve impulses called?
Structures adapted to convert stimuli into nerve impulses are called receptors. Receptors can be specialized cells or structures within the body that detect a specific type of stimulus, such as light, sound, pressure, or chemicals, and then convert that stimulus into electrical signals that can be interpreted by the nervous system.
What is the decreased sensitivity to a continued stimulus called?
depends on the subject of the matter; one may adapt to the stimulus, or develop a tolerance if being compaired to drug use
What is the process of receiving stimulus energy called?
The process of receiving stimulus energy is called sensory reception. It involves the detection of sensory stimuli by sensory receptors in the body, which then transmit signals to the brain for processing and interpretation.
The process of receiving and representing stimulus energies by the nervous system is called?
The process of receiving and representing stimulus energies by the nervous system is called sensory transduction. This is where sensory receptors convert physical or chemical stimulus energy into electrical signals that can be transmitted and processed by the brain.
Anything a organism responds to is a?
stimuli? yea that's what i thought but im not so sure...
What structure detects the stimulus in the reflex action?
The stimulus is detected by temperature or pain receptors in the skin. These generate impulses in sensory neurons. The impulses enter the CNS ( Central nervous system ) through a part of the spinal nerve called the Dorsal root.
Pressure pain and temperature receptors in the skin are called what?
Pressure receptors are called mechanoreceptors, pain receptors are called nociceptors, and temperature receptors are called thermoreceptors.
How does the brain determine the location of a stimulus?
The brain determines the location of a stimulus through a process called sensory perception. This involves the integration of information from sensory receptors in the body, such as the eyes, ears, and skin, which send signals to the brain. The brain then processes and interprets these signals to create a spatial representation of where the stimulus is located in relation to the body.
When a stimulus is continuous but you no longer respond to it the process is called?
Sensory adaptation (also called neural adaptation) is the process by which the nervous system 'adapts' to a continuous stimulus. Sensory (nervous) impulses are sent at gradually decreasing rates until we no longer feel the stimulus, although it is still there. This is why we sometimes forget that our glasses are on our foreheads or that we still have a pencil tucked behind our ear. The only sense that does NOT undergo sensory adaptation is obviously pain, because pain is so critical for survival that ignoring it can lead to serious injury or death.
