Sensation and Perception Definitions
What words do we need to know? Sensation: any stimulus that comes from the world outside our brains. Perception: the story your brain tells to explain the sensations. Sensory Adaptation: getting accustomed to “bad” sensations. Senses: the five specific ways in which we collect sensations.
Where do we perceive sensations? Sight: eyes and occipital lobe. Hearing: ears and temporal lobe. Touch: PNS and sensory strip (parietal). Smell: nose and parietal lobe. Taste: tongue and parietal lobe (plus nose) (Vestibular): inner ear and cerebellum.
Factors affecting perception: Tiredness. Outside substances. Health. Stress. Busy-ness. Cognitive bias/ expectations. Cognitive: the way you actively think and judge (frontal lobe!). Bias: prejudices.