We perceive the world through our five senses. (Hearing, Sight, Smell, Touch, Taste)
Our sense receptors are stimulated by sensory information.
The brain translates the sensory information into sensations such as sound, taste, temperature, etc.
Higher centres in the brain either ignore or recognize the sensations and their meanings, based on neuronal networks of past association and expectation. (Some of this stage 3 work actually involves reasoning).
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Sense perception is an important dimension of comprehending the world around us. It allows us to gather information from the outside world, so we can then go on to hopefully make sense of it