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1. PRESENTED BY: FAIZA
SHABIR

2. SENSATION
 DEFINITION: Sensation occurs when environmental stimuli
cause sensory receptors in the eyes, ears, nose, skin and
tongue to respond and create a neurological impulse in the
brain.
 In simple terms, sensation can be defined as what the sensory
organs do.
 Sensation is also called as the gate ways of knowledge,
because all our knowledge is based upon the functioning of
sense organs.
 It is purely sensory knowledge , which does not have any
relationship with any knowledge or awareness.

3. TYPES OF SENSATION
 Visual Sensation: Visual sensation starts when light
enters the eyes and stimulates our visual receptors
 Auditory Sensation: Auditory Sensation refers to a
subjective hearing of something as, it provides spatial
information and plays important role in spoken
communication.
 Olfactory Sensation: The sensation that results when
olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by
particular chemicals in gaseous form.

4.  Taste Sensation: The sensation that results when
taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information
about the chemical composition of a soluble.
 Tactual Sensation: The faculty of perceiving ( via the
skin) pressure, heat or Pain.

5. PERCEPTION
 DEFINITION: the process of selecting, organizing and
interpreting the information brought to the brain by the senses.
 When things come into contact with any of our sense organs,
we feel sensation. When brain comes to know the form of these
sensations, it come to know the stimulus fully. This cognitive
experience of the brain is called perception.
 Example: Upon walking into a kitchen and smelling the scent
of cinnamon rolls, the sensation is the scent receptors detecting
the odor of cinnamon, but the perception may be “ Mmm, this
smells like the bread Grandma used to bake.

6. TYPES OF PERCEPTION
 Visual Perception: The ability to interpret and make
sense of visual of information such as, shape, color and
movement. For example, perceiving difference between a
tree and a rock on their shape and action.
 Auditory Perception: The ability to interpret and make
sense of auditory information such as, sound and
rhythm. For example, perceiving the difference between
different musical instruments based on the sounds the
produce

7.  Touch Perception: The ability to interpret and make
sense of touch information such as, pressure temperature
and texture For example perceiving the difference between
a soft and a rough surface based on touch.
 Taste Perception: The ability to interpret and make sense
of taste information such as, sweet, sour, salty, and bitter
for example, perceiving the difference between different
types of food based on taste.
 Smell perception: Also called olfaction, this is the ability
to interpret and make sense of smell information such as
the scent of perfumes, flowers and food. For example,
perceiving the difference between smell of coffee and tea
based on their unique taste.

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