What is: Perception

Sensation → Organization → Interpretation (meaning) → Recognition (identity)

Interpretation = sense
Recognition = name

Stimulus → Sensation → Organization → Recognition

Stimulus comes first.
It is outside the body and starts the entire perception process.

Stimulus = energy in the world
Sensation = your body detecting it
Perception = your mind understanding it

Stimulus = external trigger for sensation

Perception = simultaneous reception → intelligent separation → recognition

Perception ends in recognition; thought begins after recognition.

More precise version
Perception = Sensation → Organization → Interpretation → Recognition
Or in compact form:
Stimulus → Sensation → Organization → Recognition → Meaning

Sensation: Data collection
Organization: Data Structure
Inteepretation: Assign Meaning and Memory

Interpretation uses memory to assign identity and meaning.


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