The components of stimuli from sources such as vision, audition, and touch are thought to be assembled in the stimulus identification stage.
In the stimulus identification stage, performers decide if a stimulus has occurred and this is done by the sensory systems recalling information. Patterns of movements here are also detected and interpreted. Once the performer has decided if a stimulus has occurred , then they shall move on to the response selection stage, this stage acts on the information received from stimulus identification stage and is concerned with deciding which movement to make.