EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -For instance, seeing the light (sensation) is different from determining its color (perception). Another example is that feeling the coldness of the environment is different from perceiving that winter is coming. Also, hearing a sound is different from perceiving the music being played.

Detailed explanation-2: -Broadly, these sensations can classify into two categories. General sensations which include touch, pain, temperature, proprioception, and pressure. Special Senses: Vision, hearing, taste, and smell which convey sensations to the brain through cranial nerves.

Detailed explanation-3: -For example, upon walking into a kitchen and smelling the scent of baking 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 when the family gathered for holidays.”

Detailed explanation-4: -The physical process during which our sensory organs-those involved with hearing and taste, for example-respond to external stimuli is called sensation. Sensation happens when you eat noodles or feel the wind on your face or hear a car horn honking in the distance.