Physical Education A-Level
Stimulus detection
What Stimulus detection means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Stimulus detection
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Detection happens at the receptor, which converts the stimulus into an impulse that is then transmitted to the CNS.
Topics that use Stimulus detection
- General information processing model, to include: (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Central executive
- Central processing and memory
- Decision making
- Extrinsic feedback
- Feedback
- Information overload
- Information processing
- Input
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