During transduction, most sensory information is interpreted as sight, sound, smell, touch, or taste by the, but first filtered by the. A) thalamus; cortex B) thalamus; amygdala C) cortex, thalamus D) amygdala; cortex Solution CORTEX, THALAMUS. neurons in the thalamus send information to the cortex where incoming neural impulses are interpreted as sight, smell, sound, touch, or taste. most sensory information first filterd by the thalamus a structure in the middle of the brain..