Public learning track
Foundations of Sensation and Psychophysics
5 lessons
Goal
Understand how physical stimuli are converted into neural signals through sensory transduction, thresholds, adaptation, and comparative sensory capabilities across species.
5 lessons
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- Sensation versus Perception: From Stimulus to Neural SignalUp next
- Sensory Thresholds: Absolute, Difference, and Signal DetectionNot started yet
- Sensory Adaptation: Why You Stop Noticing Constant StimuliNot started yet
- Applying Weber's Law and Sensory Adaptation to Real LifeNot started yet
- Sensory Capabilities Across Species: What Humans and Animals Can and Cannot DetectNot started yet
Standards Covered
- SS.912.P.4.1Florida Social Studies Standards · Social Studies · Grade 5 (target) · Grade 5Discuss processes of sensation and perception and how they interact.
- SS.912.P.4.2Florida Social Studies Standards · Social Studies · Grade 5 (target) · Grade 5Explain the concepts of threshold and adaptation.
- SS.912.P.4.3Florida Social Studies Standards · Social Studies · Grade 5 (target) · Grade 5List forms of physical energy for which humans and non-human animals do and do not have sensory receptors.
Curriculum Framework
9th Grade · Social Studies · US-FL-SS
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5 lessons
Foundations of Sensation and Psychophysics
Understand how physical stimuli are converted into neural signals through sensory transduction, thresholds, adaptation, and comparative sensory capabilities across species.
2
6 lessons
Visual and Auditory Systems
Explore the anatomical structures, neural pathways, and perceptual theories that enable human vision and hearing.
3
6 lessons
Chemical, Body, and Multisensory Systems
Examine the mechanisms of the chemical, tactile, pain, vestibular, and kinesthetic senses, and how they integrate to shape sensory experience.
4
10 lessons
Perception, Attention, and Illusions
Analyze how the brain organizes, interprets, and directs attention toward sensory information to construct meaningful perceptual experiences.
5
6 lessons
Consciousness and the Science of Sleep
Explore levels of conscious awareness, dual cognitive processing, circadian rhythms, and the physiological stages and theories of human sleep.
6
7 lessons
Sleep Disorders, Dreams, and Wellbeing
Examine major sleep disorders, the consequences of sleep deprivation, psychological and neurobiological theories of dreaming, and practical sleep hygiene.
7
12 lessons
Altered States, Hypnosis, and Psychoactive Drugs
Evaluate the biological and psychological effects of meditation, hypnosis, and psychoactive substances on neurotransmission, behavior, and states of awareness.
8
7 lessons
Flow States and Optimal Consciousness
Explain the psychological characteristics, neurological basis, conditions, and real-world applications of flow states as optimal states of consciousness.