Doctrine of specific nerve energies a doctrine that states that each sensory nerve, no matter how it is stimulated, releases an energy specific to that nerve.It is a principle proposed by Mueller, which states that our perceptions depend on "nerve energies" reaching the brain and that the specific quality we experience depends on which nerves are stimulated. For example, activating the optic nerve results in seeing, and activating the auditory nerve results in hearing.
Related Articles | |
| Perceptual organization at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■■■ |
Perceptual organization is the process by which small elements become perceptually grouped into larger . . . Read More | |
| Johannes Müller (1801 - 1858) at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■ |
- Johannes Müller (1801 - 1858) : Johannes Müller expanded the Bell-Magendie law by demonstrating that . . . Read More | |
| ALS at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■ |
ALS is the abbreviations of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis which refers to the disease of the Motor System . . . Read More | |
| Optic nerve at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■ |
Optic nerve refers to the nerve that transmits information from the retina to the brain; bundle of nerve . . . Read More | |
| Nociception at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■ |
Nociception is the perception of pain; the activation of specialized nerve fibers that signal the occurrence . . . Read More | |
| Mammal at environment-database.eu | ■■ |
Mammals ( Mammalia) are a clade of endotherms that are distinguishable from reptiles and birds by the . . . Read More | |
| Parabelt area at psychology-glossary.com | ■■ |
Parabelt area refers to the auditory area in the temporal lobe that receives signals from the belt area; . . . Read More | |
| Parallel transmission at psychology-glossary.com | ■■ |
Parallel transmission refers to the notion that different phonemes of the same syllable are encoded into . . . Read More | |
| Pons at psychology-glossary.com | ■■ |
Pons refers to the part of the brain that controls REM and NREM sleep. Pons is a structure in the hindbrain . . . Read More | |
| Neuroplasticity at psychology-glossary.com | ■■ |
Neuroplasticity is defined as the capacity of the human brains to change in response to experience; extent . . . Read More | |