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Foundations of Sensation and Psychophysics

9th Grade · Social Studies · US-FL-SS

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Goal

Understand how physical stimuli are converted into neural signals through sensory transduction, thresholds, adaptation, and comparative sensory capabilities across species.

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us-flSS.912.P.4.3Florida Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

List forms of physical energy for which humans and non-human animals do and do not have sensory receptors.