Mary's brain can't directly process sound waves to hear what her boyfriend is saying.Instead,her sensory receptors detect sound waves and change them into signals that her brain interprets as meaning "I love you," in a process called

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Transduction is the process by which sensory receptors convert stimuli (such as sound waves) into neural signals that can be interpreted by the brain. Mary's sensory receptors are able to detect the sound waves, but her brain cannot process them directly without the signals being transduced first.

Mary's Brain Can't Directly Process Sound Waves to Hear What