Once the brain has made sense of what it perceives, it decides in a flash whether action is necessary: A loud honk on the street leads me to jump onto the saving sidewalk, a hiss in the grass leads me to turn toward the source of the noise and avoid being bitten by the snake. … Perception: in the Eye of the Sciences
Perceived information can be divided into groups; correspondingly, the receptors that respond to these stimuli: Mechanoreceptors respond to mechanical stimuli, i.e., pressure, touch, stretch, or vibration. They mediate tactile perception (sense of touch) and, together with the sense of balance in the inner ear, proprioception, i.e., the position and movement of the limbs in space … Perception: Irritant
Since our perception never corresponds one hundred percent with reality, the boundary to perceptual illusions or disorders is fluid. For example, we perceive colors even though light itself is not colored, but only has different wavelengths that are interpreted accordingly by the visual organ and brain; many animals, for example, perceive colors differently than humans. … Perception: Illusions and Disturbances
“Wara neman” – for the ancient Germanic peoples, this meant paying attention to something. From this moment until “perceiving”, i.e. grasping how something is, many complex processes take place in the body in which numerous structures are involved. In order to survive, the organism has to find its way in its environment – an environment … Perception: What is it Anyway?
Can men really not listen, and are women really unable to park? Researchers have long discovered functional differences between the two hemispheres of the brain. What’s interesting is that this “little difference” is picked up at least once a month in women. Cognitive sex differences Some cognitive sex differences have been scientifically proven. For example, … The Small Difference in the Human Brain
