Table 1.
A summary of different peripheral sensory adaptation results highlighting the relationship between spontaneous, peak, and steady-state activities for different modalities and organisms.
| Spontaneous | Peak | Steady-state | Prediction | Modality | Organism | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (SR, Hz) | (PR, Hz) | (SS, Hz) | (Hz) | |||
| 6.1 | 26.8 | 13.2 | 12.8 | Proprioception | Frog | Figure 10B (exp. 12), Adrian and Zotterman, 1926a |
| 3.7 | 99.7 | 19.3 | 19.2 | Touch | Cat | Figure 8 (exp. 6), Adrian and Zotterman, 1926b |
| 15.4 | 59.9 | 25.9 | 30.4 | Proprioception | Cat | Figure 3 (filled circles, prep. 52), Boyd and Roberts, 1953 |
| 14.1* | 9.1* | 11.0* | 11.3* | Proprioception | Cat | Figure 3 (open circles, stimulus on, prep. 52), Boyd and Roberts, 1953 |
| 11.0* | 16.9* | 13.8* | 13.6* | Proprioception | Cat | Figure 3 (open circles, stimulus off, prep. 52), Boyd and Roberts, 1953 |
| 12.9 | 31.1 | 18.9 | 20.0 | Proprioception | Cat | Figure 4 (initial adaptation, prep. 54), Boyd and Roberts, 1953 |
| 37.7 | 151 | 81.7 | 75.4 | Hearing | Cat | Figure 6.6 (unit 297-43), Kiang, 1965 |
| 60.1 | 179 | 100 | 104 | Hearing | Cat | Figure 6.7 (unit 299-22), Kiang, 1965 |
| 28.8 | 70.7 | 44.6 | 45.1 | Proprioception | Cat | Figure 7 (first adaptation), Matthews and Stein, 1969 |
| 44.6* | 18.1* | 33.4* | 28.4* | Proprioception | Cat | Figure 7 (second adaptation), Matthews and Stein, 1969 |
| 33.4 | 65.1 | 43.7 | 46.6 | Proprioception | Cat | Figure 7 (third adaptation), Matthews and Stein, 1969 |
| 43.7* | 16.4* | 28.0* | 26.8* | Proprioception | Cat | Figure 7 (fourth adaptation), Matthews and Stein, 1969 |
| 28.0 | 57.8 | 42.4 | 40.2 | Proprioception | Cat | Figure 7 (fifth adaptation), Matthews and Stein, 1969 |
| 42.4* | 13.4 * | 22.9* | 23.8* | Proprioception | Cat | Figure 7 (sixth adaptation), Matthews and Stein, 1969 |
| 23.9 | 43.4 | 32.0 | 32.2 | Proprioception | Cat | Figure 8 (first adaptation), Matthews and Stein, 1969 |
| 32.0* | 8.9* | 23.3* | 16.9 * | Proprioception | Cat | Figure 8 (second adaptation), Matthews and Stein, 1969 |
| 23.3 | 43.4 | 30.7 | 31.8 | Proprioception | Cat | Figure 8 (third adaptation) Matthews and Stein, 1969 |
| 30.7* | 11.2* | 22.9* | 18.5* | Proprioception | Cat | Figure 8 (fourth adaptation), Matthews and Stein, 1969 |
| 22.9 | 42.0 | 31.6 | 31.0 | Proprioception | Cat | Figure 8 (fifth adaptation), Matthews and Stein, 1969 |
| 31.6* | 7.9* | 23.0* | 15.8* | Proprioception | Cat | Figure 8 (sixth adaptation), Matthews and Stein, 1969 |
| 23.0 | 42.0 | 30.9 | 31.1 | Proprioception | Cat | Figure 8 (seventh adaptation), Matthews and Stein, 1969 |
| 6.7 | 22.6 | 10.9 | 12.3 | Touch | Cat | Figure 2B (adaptation), Chambers et al., 1972 |
| 10.9* | 1.9* | 6.7* | 4.6* | Touch | Cat | Figure 2B (recovery), Chambers et al., 1972 |
| 2.7 | 16.3 | 7.4 | 6.6 | Vision | Squid | Figure 1b, Lange and Hartline, 1974 |
| 8.5 | 67.9 | 23.6 | 24.0 | Smell | Mosquito | Figure 2 (top), Davis, 1976 |
| 11.7 | 69.6 | 30.6 | 28.5 | Smell | Mosquito | Figure 2 (bottom, middle presentation), Davis, 1976 |
| 112 | 354 | 223 | 199 | Electroreception | Fish | Figure 10 (p-unit, first adaptation), Hopkins, 1976 |
| 122 | 359 | 216 | 209 | Electroreception | Fish | Figure 10 (p-unit, second adaptation), Hopkins, 1976 |
| 95.6 | 151 | 143 | 120 | Electroreception | Fish | Figure 10 (t-unit), Hopkins, 1976 |
| 130 | 639 | 307 | 288 | Electroreception | Fish | Figure 12A, Hopkins, 1976 |
| 13.6 | 81.0 | 29.5 | 33.2 | Taste | Rat | Figure 2 (initial adaptation), Smith et al., 1978 |
| 4.9 | 27.5 | 11.6 | 12.4 | Proprioception | Crayfish | Figure 1, Barrio et al., 1988 |
| 12.2 | 96.1 | 28.7 | 34.2 | Hearing (warm) | Gerbil | Figure 1 (upper), Ohlemiller and Siegel, 1998 |
| 2.6 | 51.1 | 14.5 | 11.5 | Hearing (cool) | Gerbil | Figure 1 (lower), Ohlemiller and Siegel, 1998 |
| 6.1 | 199 | 30.5 | 34.8 | Smell | Fruit fly | Figure 11A (first presentation), De Bruyne et al., 1999 |
| 3.8 | 199 | 28.8 | 27.5 | Smell | Fruit fly | Figure 11C (middle presentation), De Bruyne et al., 1999 |
| 1.8 | 9.9 | 4.0 | 4.2 | Proprioception | Cockroach | Figure Ai, Ridgel et al., 2000 |
| 3.8 | 199 | 28.8 | 27.5 | Proprioception | Cockroach | Figure Aii, Ridgel et al., 2000 |
| 17.0 | 144 | 33.4 | 49.4 | Temperature | Beetle | Figure 10A, Merivee et al., 2003 |
| 4.6 | 278 | 21.2 | 35.8 | Temperature | Beetle | Figure 10B, Merivee et al., 2003 |
| 2.3 | 333 | 26.1 | 27.6 | Temperature | Beetle | Figure 10C, Merivee et al., 2003 |
| 2.4 | 15.0 | 7.7 | 6.0 | Smell | Fish | Figure 1a (Lys), Friedrich and Laurent, 2004 |
| 4.9 | 70.0 | 22.3 | 18.5 | Smell | Fish | Figure 1c (Trp), Friedrich and Laurent, 2004 |
| 3.1 | 73.2 | 24.2 | 15.1 | Smell | Fish | Figure 1c (Trp, 50 min. later), Friedrich and Laurent, 2004 |
| 7.8 | 61.4 | 19.1 | 21.9 | Temperature | Mosquito | Figure 2A, Gingl et al., 2005 |
| 3.3* | 15.0* | 7.6* | 7.0* | Temperature | Mosquito | Figure 2B, Gingl et al., 2005 |
| 0.14* | 2.0* | 0.58* | 0.53* | Vision | Jellyfish | Figure 3D, Garm and Mori, 2009 |
| 1.1 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Vision | Jellyfish | Figure 4D, Garm and Mori, 2009 |
| 1.5 | 40.0 | 7.4 | 7.7 | Water movement | Fish | Figure 2, Mogdans et al., 2017 |
| 5.6 | 104 | 28.9 | 24.1 | Water movement | Fish | Figure 5a, Mogdans et al., 2017 |
| 26.5 | 71.6 | 42.2 | 43.6 | Water movement | Fish | Figure 5b, Mogdans et al., 2017 |
*
Indicates data derived from an inverted adaptation response.