Overview
Sensory information is vital for our interaction with the world, as it allows us to gather data through our senses. Each sense plays a unique role in how we perceive our environment, and the brain processes this information to create our understanding of reality. Understanding sensory information is...
Key Terms
Example: Feeling the warmth of the sun on your skin.
Example: Recognizing a friend's face in a crowd.
Example: Researching how the brain processes visual information.
Example: Solving a math problem using logical reasoning.
Example: Using both sight and sound to locate a source of noise.
Example: Overestimating the likelihood of rare events.
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advancedKey Concepts
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