Sensory Perception

When we talk about sensory perception, we are speaking about how the data of our senses process through our brains. This concept is one that I believe can more often be accurate. Although there are times when you might find that your sensory perception is blurred it does seem accurate most of the time (Kirby, 2007)

While I believe that the data our brains process through our senses can be accurate as well as inaccurate, the reason in which I feel this way is because I feel that our emotions have a lot to do with how our senses process that information. If we are tired, feeling under the weather, your reaction time might be changed in different circumstances. If you are seeing things with a clear perception of your senses than you would know the world around you by using all of those senses in which you see, feel, touch, taste, and hear. The accuracy of sensory data comes in to play when you are seeing things with your eyes such as knowing what a coin might look like, or what a tablet is, pens, etc. The things we see in general which are mass-produced but in reality no two things that are alike. A snowflake for another example of something there is not two, which are alike. We need to learn to describe in finer detail what we see instead of just giving a generalization of what we truly see. We can truly reshape our brains if we train ourselves to see beyond the general and look to the extreme of a particular item. If we stopped those generalizations, we might see the inaccuracy in sensory data. The question is what is inaccurate to one person might be accurate to another. A person who is an artist will see a blank canvas as a place to create while the person who made the frame notices the type of canvas used, the wood used and the construction of that canvas. It does not mean either is inaccurate as both use their senses differently to describe what they see (Kirby, 2007).

There are factors in which we can say contributes to the accuracy of sensory data. When we are sick, we find that our senses are not at their peak. Thinking of something being hot, if you are sick you might not smell the heat of a pot of water boiling on the stove, your ears might not hear the sound of the water boiling, when