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  2. Perception - Wikipedia

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    Perception (from Latin perceptio 'gathering, receiving') is the organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the presented information or environment. [ 2 ] All perception involves signals that go through the nervous system, which in turn result from physical or chemical ...

  3. Sensory nervous system - Wikipedia

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    The sensory nervous system is a part of the nervous system responsible for processing sensory information. A sensory system consists of sensory neurons (including the sensory receptor cells), neural pathways, and parts of the brain involved in sensory perception and interoception. Commonly recognized sensory systems are those for vision ...

  4. Sensory processing - Wikipedia

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    Sensory processing is the process that organizes and distinguishes sensation (sensory information) from one's own body and the environment, thus making it possible to use the body effectively within the environment. Specifically, it deals with how the brain processes multiple sensory modality inputs, [1][2] such as proprioception, vision ...

  5. Philosophy of perception - Wikipedia

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    External or sensory perception (exteroception), tells us about the world outside our bodies. Using our senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste, we perceive colors, sounds, textures, etc. of the world at large. There is a growing body of knowledge of the mechanics of sensory processes in cognitive psychology.

  6. Somatosensory system - Wikipedia

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    The somatosensory system, or somatic sensory system is a subset of the sensory nervous system. It has two subdivisions, one for the detection of mechanosensory information related to touch, and the other for the nociception detection of pain and temperature. [1] The main functions of the somatosensory system are the perception of external ...

  7. Sensory processing sensitivity - Wikipedia

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    e. Sensory processing sensitivity (SPS) is a temperamental or personality trait involving "an increased sensitivity of the central nervous system and a deeper cognitive processing of physical, social, and emotional stimuli". [2] The trait is characterized by "a tendency to 'pause to check' in novel situations, greater sensitivity to subtle ...

  8. Proprioception - Wikipedia

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    Schematics and images of types of limb proprioceptor neurons in mammals (top) and insects (bottom) [1] Proprioception (/ ˌproʊpri.oʊˈsɛpʃən, - ə -/ [2][3] PROH-pree-oh-SEP-shən, -⁠ə-) is the sense of self-movement, force, and body position. [1][4] Proprioception is mediated by proprioceptors, sensory receptors, located within ...

  9. Sensorium - Wikipedia

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    A sensorium (/sɛnˈsɔːrɪəm/) [ 1 ] (pl.: sensoria) is the apparatus of an organism's perception considered as a whole. It is the "seat of sensation " where it experiences, perceives and interprets the environments within which it lives. The term originally entered English from the Late Latin in the mid-17th century, from the stem sens ...