___________________ is based on the idea that sensory information can be detected by some means other than through the normal processes of sensation.

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• ____________________ refers to the point at which a stimulus is strong enough to be detected by activating sensory receptors.
• Thalamus is a __________________ structure that processes sensory information from all of the senses, except smell, and relays it to the cerebral cortex.
• The reticular formation has long tracts of fibers that run to the ____________, which channels incoming sensory information to the appropriate area of the cerebral cortex, where that information is processed.
• _________________ carries sensory information via afferent nerve fibers from receptors throughout the body to the brain and conducts information via efferent nerve fibers from the brain to muscles and glands.
• The __________ area in the brain acts as a final "switching station" for most incoming sensory information.
• The ________________ nervous system communicates sensory information received by sense organ receptors to the central nervous system and carries messages from the central nervous system along motor nerves to the muscles.
• The __________________ are involved in processing and integrating sensory and motor information, language, abstract reasoning, creative thought, and the integration of perceptions and memories.
• The structure that identifies and integrates sensory information for all the senses except smell and relays it to higher brain centers is the ____________________.
• _________________ is the process of integrating, organizing, and interpreting sensory information in a way that is meaningful.
• Olfaction (smell) differs from other sensory modalities because it