The conversion of sensory stimulus energy into an action potential is called:

1. Light, sound and pressure have to become something a neuron can carry. 2. The conversion from sensory stimulus energy to action potential is known as transduction. 3. Every sense performs it, though each uses a different receptor to do so. 4. Adaptation describes a receptor's response fading rather than energy being converted. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 5 'Sensation and Perception', sections 5.1-5.6_