Table 1 Table summarizing the number of sensors, number of afferents, information transmission rates/channel capacity (from [89]), % of attentional capture (from [30]) and % of neocortex [21] relative to each sensory modality. Reprinted from Gallace et al. [24]
From: Constructing flavour perception: from destruction to creation and back again
Sensory system | N. of sensors | N. of afferents | Channel capacity (bits/s) | Psychophysical channel capacity (bits/s) | % attentional capture | % neocortex |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vision | 2 × 108 | 2 × 106 | 107 | 40 | 70 | 55 |
Audition | 3 × 104 | 2 × 104 | 105 | 30 | 20 | 3.4 |
Touch | 107 | 106 | 106 | 5 | 4 | 11.5 |
Taste | 3 × 107 | 103 | 103 | 1(?) | 1 | 0.5 |
Smell | 7 × 107 | 105 | 105 | 1(?) | 5 | n.a. |