Five senses

Sometimes what an individual perceives something as can be the complete opposite of what it truly is. People create illusions or almost fantasy perceptions on what they believe something to be. False perception verses reality is seen in Joyce Carol Oates’ short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” The major theme in the story is the conflict between fantasy and reality. The main character Connie tries hard to create an adult persona using her attitude and appearance to attract…

the appropriate mindful response thereto. It’s rather like a competition between the opposing hemispheres of cognizance, and one that is of the utmost importance, because it is the foundational vicissitude of any degree of genuine agency. With both “sense” and “sensation” now defined, here enters a second question: why, according to Socrates, is it necessarily desirable to process these sensitivities on a more profound…

and others. Neuro is about your neurological system. NLP is based on the idea that we experience the world through our senses and translate sensory information into thought processes, both conscious and unconscious. Thought processes activate the neurological system, which affects physiology, emotions and behaviour. Linguistic refers to the way human beings use language to make sense of the world, capture and conceptualise experience,…

perception to differ between individuals. The senses contribute useful details and highly valuable information to one, allowing him/her to view the world with many possibilities. How the senses work, the effect of emotions on memory, and the process in which memories are forgotten are all factors that help contribute to how one interacts in the world. Throughout one’s life the workings of the senses contribute to how one interacts in the world. The senses of sight and sound work together with…

Self-reliance is what gives us strength to conquer any obstacle that we may possibly encounter when we undergo drastic change. We need to have a sense of balance in our mind when we want to overturn fear of drastic change in our life, being too confident could possibly lead to arrogant; but having too less confident can not accomplish anything. If we don’t have self-reliance we might turn ourselves…

Descartes begins by holding a piece of wax and using his sense to analyze its smell, color, shape and sound it makes when he hits it on his knuckle, and says “Its color shape and size are manifest” (Cress 1993,21). What he means, is that he can use his sense like sight, taste, touch smell, and hearing and know that what he has in his hand is on deed wax. Just like when a person holds a piece of bread and can use their sense to feel the texture and softness of it, and how it smells, tastes…

How can our sensory channels influence other sensory channels? Our senses and how we perceive certain stimuli is an important factor when we try to make sense of the world around us. The Stimulus around us sends information to different parts of our brain in order for us to feel, sense, taste or hear the things that we do. Even more interesting though is how our sensory channels can influence another sensory channel unconsciously. For instance, like in a movie theater when you are watching the…

Questions 1. What problem does the visual system face when perceiving depth? Hint: think about proximal and distal stimuli. (5 pt.) When our visual system perceives depth it uses distal stimulus and proximal stimulus. This is problematic because the distal stimulus and/ or environmental stimuli are three dimensional but the proximal stimuli hitting your retina are two-dimensional Therefore, in order to perceive depth your brain needs to interpret the two-dimensional stimuli as three dimensional…

that this may not be completely true. This is due to the blind’s enhanced auditory skills. A prime example of the blind’s enhanced hearing is similar to echolocation. Many people who experience blindness at an early age may develop a heightened sense of hearing. In ancient times the blind were looked down upon by others and were often considered their own class. Blindness was considered to be a punishment for social or religious transgressions or it was a result…

ways. These emotions can act as a type of barrier to understanding and comprehending reality. In the book The Apology of Socrates, Meletus of the prosecution is blinded and sees reality in a distorted sense due to his large pride and hatred against Socrates. Meletus is the “representative”, in a sense, for the poets who Socrates insulted by insinuating that the poets were not wise. Meletus is rather indignant with Socrates and also is puffed up in his own self-importance. Socrates questions…