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Visual perception
This is the use of our visual senses (eyes) to get the information we process and respond to it. Our visual perception is based on both bottom-up and top-down processes. From the bottom-up process, the light from the stimuli in the environment creates an object in our retina to reflect the properties of the object that we see.
Somesthesis
Somesthesis or Touch is another important aspect of cognition. We learn a lot about our world through touch. Touch can also be active or passive. A passive touch/somesthesis may occur out of our consciousness. It is not deliberate and most of the time there is no further exploration. Through passive touch, we gather basic information about stimulus impinging on our skin receptors. The factors that affect our ability to sense through passive touch (tactile acuity) include the cortile area devoted to somesthesis in different regions of the body.
Gustation
Taste is an important aspect of our life. We are able to perceive different flavors through tests. Taste involves a complex interaction among the basic categories The basic tastes combine with a number of other factors to produce perception flavor. Flavor includes the combination of four basic tastes which include; salty, sweet, bitter and sour, and savory. These basic flavors along with other factors such as smell, texture, and temperature to inform our perception.
Olfaction
There is tremendous variation in people’s sensitivity to smell and their ability to discriminate different smells as well as their ability to recognize and label a given smell (Lawless, 1997). Some people are more sensitive to smell than others. However, for reasons not known yet women are better at labeling smells. A sense of smell is important in our lives as we are able to make important decisions in our lives.
Chatelaine answered the question on June 17, 2021 at 06:28
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