Sensory System

Sensory neuroscience is a subfield of neuroscience that explores the anatomy and physiology of neurons that are part of sensory systems such as vision, hearing, and olfaction. Neurons in sensory regions of the brain respond to stimuli by firing one or more nerve impulses (action potentials) following stimulus presentation. The study of how the brain encodes and processes information related to the sensory systems, including vision, hearing, olfaction and taste is called Sensory Neuroscience.