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Sensations can be defined as the passive process of bringing information from the outside world into the body and to the brain. The process is passive in the sense that we do not have to be...
Sensation is the pickup of information by our sensory receptors, for example the eyes, ears, skin, nostrils, and tongue. Perception is the interpretation of what is sensed.