Physical Sensations

Definition

Physical sensations refer to the perception or awareness produced by stimuli acting on our sensory organs, such as touch, taste, smell, sight, and hearing.

Related terms

Sensory receptors:

Specialized cells in our sensory organs that detect specific types of stimuli.

Thresholds: Points at which we start to perceive or detect certain stimuli.

Transduction:

The conversion of physical energy from stimuli into neural signals that can be interpreted by the brain.