This article throws light upon the top five senses of the sensory system. They are: 1. Taste and Smell or the Chemical Sense 2. Organic Senses 3. Static Sense or the Sense of Equilibrium and Movement 4. Kinesthetic Sense 5. Skin Senses or Cutaneous Senses. 1. Taste and Smell or the Chemical Sense: Taste and smell are often considered together [...]
After reading this article you will learn about:- 1. Working of Sensory System 2. Types of Sensations 3. General Characteristics. Working of Sensory System: In a way, sensations are purely the result of physical stimuli operating on our nervous system. There is little psychological content in sensations. Typically the sensory system works as follows: A stimulus which may be a [...]
After reading this article you will learn about:- 1. Mechanism of Visual Sensation 2. The Retina 3. The Duplicity Theory of Vision 4. Characteristics of Visual Sensations 5. Complementary and Non-Complementary Colours 6. Colour Vision 7. Evolutionary Theory of Ladd Franklin 8. Purkinje Phenomenon 9. Sensory Adaptation 10. Apparent Movement 11. Visual Constancies. Mechanism of Visual Sensation: The sensory experience [...]