What is Sensation?
Sensation is the physical process of stimuli through sensory organs. We as people have 5 senses, touch, taste, smell, sight, and hearing. When most people think of sensation they mainly think of the texture of something. However, sensations also include the other senses as well.
What is Perception?
Perception is the psychological processing of and interpreting and using the information from the sensory organs. For example, what color is this dress?
Do you see white and gold? Or blue and black? I see that the dress is white and gold, but after reading the article, "The Science of Why No One Agrees on the Color of This Dress," by Adam Rogers, I know that the dress is in fact blue and orange. Everyone's brain perceives this picture differently, due to the way your brain sees the light in the background of the picture.
Rubber Hand Illusion
In the video The Rubber Hand Illusion, it explores the idea of seeing is believing. The man conducting the experiment covers the persons arm with a sheet and placing a rubbing hand underneath the sheet so that person can see the hand. The person puts their real hand on the other side of a barrier so they cannot see it. The conductor starts to rub both the rubber hand and the real hand with a brush simultaneously, while the person can only see him rubbing the rubber hand. After awhile the persons brain starts to perceive that the rubber hand is actually their own. Then the conductor grabs a hammer and hits the rubber hand and it startles the person. Then they realize that wasn't their real hand. The brain interprets the sight of the conductor rubbing the rubber hand and the feeling of the conductor rubbing the actual hand, and starts the perceive the two as one.
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