what occurs when the cerebral cortex interprets the nerve impulses from sense organs
*Sensations : ï»¿Sensation: also known as a perception, is a feeling that occurs when the brain interprets sensory impulses. - the sensation depends on which region of the brain recieves the impulse. Projection: the process by which the brain causes a sensation to seem to come from the region of the body being stimulted. pain impulses originating from the head travel on the sensory fibers of cranial nerves. 2  impulses that do not originate from the brain travel on the sensory fibers of spinal nerves and processed in the gray matter, then transmitted to the brain.