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Sensation (psychology) Sensation is the body's detection of external or internal stimulation (e.g., eyes detecting light waves, ears detecting sound waves). Perception utilizes the brain to make sense of the stimulation (e.g., seeing a chair, hearing a guitar). Sensation involves three steps: 1  Sensory receptors detect stimuli. 2  Sensory stimuli are transduced into electrical impulses (action potentials) to be decoded by the brain. 3  Electrical impulses move along neural pathways to specific parts of the brain wherein the impulses are decoded into useful information (perception).
How Sensation Occurs. â¢ Detection occurs when environmental. changes, such as pressure to the fingertips or. light to the eye, stimulate sensory receptors. â¢ Sensation occurs when nerve impulses arrive. at the cerebral cortex of the brain. â¢ Perception occurs when the brain interprets. the meaning of stimuli.