perception
- noun
- /pərˈsɛpʃən/
- Her research interests include string instrument vibrato, music perception, and teaching underserved populations.
- visual perception
- sensory perception
- speech perception
There's a pure perception before you interpret it again.
- There's a pure perception before you interpret it again.
- This is true regardless of context, but the whole of human perception is context dependent.
- And certainly that is is just a level of sensory perception that I am not equipped with.
- Scientific knowledge of what light is shows us that our natural perception leaves a lot on the table.
- But almost certainly it has something to do also with the perception of sour taste on the tongue.
- So it could begin with sensory perceptions.
- Other species experience the world through different modes of sensory perception.
- There's a minimal boundary on event perception.
- See, our thoughts are interpretations of our perceptions, which means how we experience the world.
- The nervous system is responsible for sensation, perception, feelings, thoughts, actions and memories, all of that.
- And what will come from those two perceptions will be very different experiences of that glass compared with the other.
- Rather, perception is about filtering the barrage of incoming stimuli so that some small part of it can be observed.
- So looking at at colors, he says perception is always true.
- It's it's it's perception both inward and outward.
- Discrimination or perception, that is the question.
- And again you bring in sense perceptions.
- What's like building blocks of our perception?
Examples
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Scores for general health perception were approximately the same in the city and the village communities.
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Both within and outside of academia, the perception of committee work is usually quite negative.
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But we can test your color perception.
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It's interesting to compare the human perception of color to the perception of sound.
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These are standard cognitive and perception tests.
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Its sensory perception is extraordinary, quite unique.
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Research by Singer (1980) suggests that visual perception is the most important source of information in sports.
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See, our thoughts are interpretations of our perceptions, which means how we experience the world.
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Her perception of the world is shaped by her cultural background and experiences.
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The artist's work challenges viewers to question their own perception of reality.
Synonyms
Knowing about something or noticing it
Becoming suddenly aware of something
Finding or noticing something that is hidden and hard to see
Becoming aware of something and understanding it clearly
Noticing things with your senses, like seeing or hearing
Awareness that something exists or is happening
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
The ability to hear and understand musical sounds like pitch and rhythm
- Specialized
The sense of taste when taste buds detect chemicals in the mouth
- Specialized
Ability to notice and understand flavors in the mouth from food and drink
- Specialized
Noticing and reacting to pictures or sounds without being aware of them
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A computer or robot's ability to see and understand images from cameras
How Clear
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Perception comes from Latin parts per- and capere, where capere means 'to take'. Think of perception as 'taking in' what your eyes, ears, and nose give you, like a photo capture takes in an image. So perception is the process of becoming aware of things through the senses.