Taste is the dominant sense because without taste, our mouth wouldn't be able to extract the flavor which originates from the food we eat. Therefore, we would just be eating the food, without appreciating all the wonderful ingredients which it posesses.
In addition, without taste, it's possible that we could die. This is because if organisims don't possess a taste sense, there is a significant chance that they could die of starvation, because someone or something would simply refuse to eat, because they don't enjoy doing it.
Moreover, it's scientifically proven that when someone is not eating, they suffer from severe stress and mental problems. This could lead to depression, and in worst case scenario, suicide.
Without taste, we wouldn't know whether we liked a particular food or not. This is important because if our body doesn't like something, yet we still eat it (which we would do if we didn't have a taste sense), our body would begin to undergo all sorts of dangerous chemical reactions. Furthermore, we wouldn't know when to stop eating (because we don't know how the food tastes like), so this could cause additional harm to our health.
Showing posts with label Sense Perception. Show all posts
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Why Smell is the Dominant Sense - James
Why is the sense of smell the most dominant sense?
The sense of smell is extremely important to us because sometimes other senses such as sight and sound are limited. Cases like this could happen commonly at night. The most obvious reason people use dogs to track down drugs and explosives in airports is that dogs have a stronger sense of smell than humans. In war situations such as cases in the Second World War, the Germans couldn’t see where the Russians were but was able to track their general location through the smell of smoke.
Smell could also protect us from having to taste something before determining if it is poisonous or not. It could also let us detect the general content of anything we smell. If anything poisonous releases poisonous gas, it would be less damaging to smell than to taste it since there are more filters in our body to protect against what we inhale. Part of what we inhale is also breathed out, leaving less chance of the poison taking affect through smell. The state of gas is also the least compact compared to liquid and gas, therefore, least dangerous when inhaled.
It also helps us determine whether to eat something or not by telling us the general content of the food. Sometimes, for people who have allergies, it would also alert them to not take certain food due to detection of the content which they are allergic to.
Compared to other senses such as sight, the sense of smell covers everything around us while sight only covers 180°.
The sense of smell is extremely important to us because sometimes other senses such as sight and sound are limited. Cases like this could happen commonly at night. The most obvious reason people use dogs to track down drugs and explosives in airports is that dogs have a stronger sense of smell than humans. In war situations such as cases in the Second World War, the Germans couldn’t see where the Russians were but was able to track their general location through the smell of smoke.
Smell could also protect us from having to taste something before determining if it is poisonous or not. It could also let us detect the general content of anything we smell. If anything poisonous releases poisonous gas, it would be less damaging to smell than to taste it since there are more filters in our body to protect against what we inhale. Part of what we inhale is also breathed out, leaving less chance of the poison taking affect through smell. The state of gas is also the least compact compared to liquid and gas, therefore, least dangerous when inhaled.
It also helps us determine whether to eat something or not by telling us the general content of the food. Sometimes, for people who have allergies, it would also alert them to not take certain food due to detection of the content which they are allergic to.
Compared to other senses such as sight, the sense of smell covers everything around us while sight only covers 180°.
Monday, October 29, 2007
Why Vision is the best sense compared to the rest of our senses (Steven & Krisch)
First, a quick experiment: close your eyes and read what is on the board. After the experiment is conducted, we have proven that this is not possible. Without vision, we would not be able to coordinate ourselves. Although other senses could complement vision to help us coordinate ourselves, that sense alone could not guide us. With vision, we have the power to focus on direction. Without direction, there would be no such thing as exploration; everyone would be isolated to their own vicinity.
Vision is also our first warning of danger. For example, if there were someone to strike you, our vision would be the first and foremost sense to warn us, and thus we would move away.
Vision also makes it possible for us to interact with other people. For example, if someone was deaf, their vision and hand-eye coordination would enable them to use sign language to communicate
In conclusion, we have shown that vision is the most important sense in order to survive. It provides us with communication, coordination and acts as a warning for dangers and threatening situations.
Vision is also our first warning of danger. For example, if there were someone to strike you, our vision would be the first and foremost sense to warn us, and thus we would move away.
Vision also makes it possible for us to interact with other people. For example, if someone was deaf, their vision and hand-eye coordination would enable them to use sign language to communicate
In conclusion, we have shown that vision is the most important sense in order to survive. It provides us with communication, coordination and acts as a warning for dangers and threatening situations.
Ruby's sense perception (Touch)
There are five fundamental senses humans use everyday in life - sight, sound, taste, smell and touch. I believe Touch is the most important sense of all, touch is the sense which allows yourself to connect and make contact with the outside world. Without your nervous and sensory systems, humans cannot possibly live their everyday life in a normal way.
Without touch, we can very easily get hurt. Touch, i believe, is essential to protect ourselves. Touch is the most common sense we use to confirm what we sense with our other four senses. For example, if we see a red object and was unsure of what it was, the first thing most people will do is to Touch the object and feel what it is. Touch, although is often not noticed as being important, plays an essential supplement role to our other senses.
Without touch, we can very easily get hurt. Touch, i believe, is essential to protect ourselves. Touch is the most common sense we use to confirm what we sense with our other four senses. For example, if we see a red object and was unsure of what it was, the first thing most people will do is to Touch the object and feel what it is. Touch, although is often not noticed as being important, plays an essential supplement role to our other senses.
Sight is the most important (Jungwoo Park)
I believe that sight is the most important sense out of our 5 senses. With sight, we can see everythin there is to see, we can see our surroundings and environment. Because we can see our environment, we can adapt to it. Also with sight, we can actually see whether we are in a dangerous position or place and we can escape that dangerous situation. Although we only have a nearly 180 degree vision field, we can easily fix it by turning around every now and then. With sight, we can communicate, because we can use sign language but even better, we can send letters at each other or emails. Most of the inventions today were invented because of sight, because we can see what we are going to make.
Sight is also one of the most important and biggest form of entertainment. Even the movies before 1940 (where sound movies were not made) people were still entertained because of the text it showed.
Sight is also one of the most important and biggest form of entertainment. Even the movies before 1940 (where sound movies were not made) people were still entertained because of the text it showed.
Nick' Sense Perception (Touch)
The sense of touch is referring to physical contact with the outside world through the single largest organ in our bodies – our skin and our nervous system.
I think that our sense of touch is the most important sense of all. This is because out of all the senses it is the most difficult one to fool. There are many known ways to tick our brains through our other senses- sight, sound, taste and smell. For example, photo and video editing, sound effects in movies, artificial flavouring and even artificial smells like ‘stink bombs’, perfumes or pleasant smells that some supermarkets are known to release in certain areas to attract customers.
There are very few known illusions that trick our sense of touch, even the few that exist usually only make you experience odd things such as your arms feel as though they are reaching underground. However, illusions like this, though intriguing, do not have a big impact in the way we perceive objects.
Also, in order to use our sense of touch, the object has to be up close and available for thorough inspection, unlike the sense of sight or sound which can be easily experienced through photo graphs and videos which can be altered. Touch is intimate and is a guarantee of primary information with very little probability of it being altered or distorted by anything. That is why a lot of people say they rely on ‘first hand experiences’, referring to being somewhere in person and actually physically touching it with their hands.
I think that our sense of touch is the most important sense of all. This is because out of all the senses it is the most difficult one to fool. There are many known ways to tick our brains through our other senses- sight, sound, taste and smell. For example, photo and video editing, sound effects in movies, artificial flavouring and even artificial smells like ‘stink bombs’, perfumes or pleasant smells that some supermarkets are known to release in certain areas to attract customers.
There are very few known illusions that trick our sense of touch, even the few that exist usually only make you experience odd things such as your arms feel as though they are reaching underground. However, illusions like this, though intriguing, do not have a big impact in the way we perceive objects.
Also, in order to use our sense of touch, the object has to be up close and available for thorough inspection, unlike the sense of sight or sound which can be easily experienced through photo graphs and videos which can be altered. Touch is intimate and is a guarantee of primary information with very little probability of it being altered or distorted by anything. That is why a lot of people say they rely on ‘first hand experiences’, referring to being somewhere in person and actually physically touching it with their hands.
Joe - Touch
Touch is the feeling we recieve from the world, weather it be physical contact or a sensation such as heat or pain.
I think the touch is the most important since of all as it is most important for survival. The since of touch is one of the best indicators of danger. When we touch a hot ember or spark, we feel pain and automatically recoil. This automatic reflex is one of the basic survival instincts. Furthermore, touch and the skin help us know what the body is doing. For example, when you stand in a cold wind we can feel that the body starts to cool, something that all the other senses cannot do, you can’t see yourself getting cold until your extremities turn blue. You certainly cannot hear, taste or smell yourself becoming cold, so we can see that the sensation of touch is the most important.
I think the touch is the most important since of all as it is most important for survival. The since of touch is one of the best indicators of danger. When we touch a hot ember or spark, we feel pain and automatically recoil. This automatic reflex is one of the basic survival instincts. Furthermore, touch and the skin help us know what the body is doing. For example, when you stand in a cold wind we can feel that the body starts to cool, something that all the other senses cannot do, you can’t see yourself getting cold until your extremities turn blue. You certainly cannot hear, taste or smell yourself becoming cold, so we can see that the sensation of touch is the most important.
Wht is the sense of smell the most important? Astrid
OLfaction refers to the sense of smell. There are 2 typpes ofolfaction. Pleasant and unpleasant. Pleasent ones often refer to odors that give you pleasure. E.g. Perfume can give people sensation/ sexual attraction. The smell of the freshly baked cookies from Mrs Fields Cookies store in the MTR will also attract customers to byu their products. However, unpleasant smell usually associaltes with danger.
Here are some scenarios which show that smell is the most important sense. When your toast is burning, your brain interpreted the smell first and a problem and you knew to check on your toast, especially when you are in another room and you can't see or hear and you can only detect it through smelling. In a laboratory, the sense of smell prevents you from danger- ti makes you aware of harmful, transparent gases by detecting their smell. Of course, it could be that th gases are odorless, but at least this is the only way you can detect it. The sense of smell can also keep you safe, it can warn you not to eat something that smells rotten or help you detect smoke before you see a fire.
In march 20th, 2007, a freshman at Purdue University has been fuond dead inside a hifh voltage room of a dorm that he was apparently trying to enter to retrieve his coat after a party. The student appears to have entered the utility room through an exterior door that was not locked, and was electrocuted to death in an nistant when he touched a ilve part of the room's electrical system. Again, his body wuoldn't have bbeen so quickly found if the students didn't smell the strong odor coming from the rotten body.
Despite the fact that how human beings are oriented by other senses, we still think that the sense of smell is the most important amogst all because it plays the most sginificant role when sensing anger- under a condition which other senses are limited. e.g. people say "I smell danger", instead of "I see danger". It is also interestnig that most people can loose their sight and their hearing, but least people lose their sense of smell, This may suggest that people can still live without their other senses, but not without their sense of smell.
Here are some scenarios which show that smell is the most important sense. When your toast is burning, your brain interpreted the smell first and a problem and you knew to check on your toast, especially when you are in another room and you can't see or hear and you can only detect it through smelling. In a laboratory, the sense of smell prevents you from danger- ti makes you aware of harmful, transparent gases by detecting their smell. Of course, it could be that th gases are odorless, but at least this is the only way you can detect it. The sense of smell can also keep you safe, it can warn you not to eat something that smells rotten or help you detect smoke before you see a fire.
In march 20th, 2007, a freshman at Purdue University has been fuond dead inside a hifh voltage room of a dorm that he was apparently trying to enter to retrieve his coat after a party. The student appears to have entered the utility room through an exterior door that was not locked, and was electrocuted to death in an nistant when he touched a ilve part of the room's electrical system. Again, his body wuoldn't have bbeen so quickly found if the students didn't smell the strong odor coming from the rotten body.
Despite the fact that how human beings are oriented by other senses, we still think that the sense of smell is the most important amogst all because it plays the most sginificant role when sensing anger- under a condition which other senses are limited. e.g. people say "I smell danger", instead of "I see danger". It is also interestnig that most people can loose their sight and their hearing, but least people lose their sense of smell, This may suggest that people can still live without their other senses, but not without their sense of smell.
tok response essay Astrid
Perception is the understanding of things through our 5 senses. These are the "windows" between us ourselves and the outside world (reality). I agree with the claim "Our senses are not impartial windows between otuside world and ourselves- they are biased"because it is proven that our interpretations are influenced by factors such as intensity, contrast, interest, our mood and expectations.\
In everyday life, our minds interpret the sensations thta flood into our senses subcnociously. Although out senses are important source about the world, they dont reflect reality. Our 5 senses/ wnidows act like a filter, which structure or twists the reality; so therefore our senses are sometimes unrealible.
Richard van de lagemaat points out that "Perception consist of 2 elements: sensation adn interpretation, but we are often not conciously aware of the latter element." By looking at visual illusions, we are aware that interpretation plays an important role in perception. E.g. we have a natural tendency to look for meanings in what we see and goup our perceptual experences together into shapes and patetrns. Perception is also selective in a way how our mind treats "less engaging" things as the background against which what we are interested in stands our (we usually notice intense and contrasting stimulus). What we see also depends on subjective factors like oru interest, mood, feelings and emotions. All these factors can determine what show up through our perception, as the pattern of our interest changes, so does what we perceive. As a result, we are all seeing only what we want to see and therefore uor sense are partial and we can't simply take the evidence of our snese as the absolute reality. Not only that our senses cometimes mislead us, they are also selective and can be altered by our beliefs and discriminations.
To get a better understanding of the relationship between perception and realiy, we need to look at 3 different theories. (1) Common-sense realism; which believes "what you see is what is there." That means the way we perceive the world reflects the way the world is. (2) Scientific realism; which believes in "atoms in the empty space." Scientists think that reality is a colroless, soundless and odorless realm of atoms dashing around in a void. (3) Phenomenalism; which believes "to be is to be perceived." That is, al knowledge must ultimately based on experience. For example, Gailleo once said "The tickle is not in the feather." What jhe means is that tyhe tickle is simply a subjective experience that results from the niteraction between your skin receptors and the feather. Some people are not even afraid of tickling at all.
In conclusion, I believe our 5 senses are partial windows between reality and ourselves. The culture we come frmo, our past experiences, the environemnt aruohd us, the things we do everyday all affect the way we see the world. For our senses to be unbiased, we would have to strip away the interpretation that our sense-organs inflict on it.
In everyday life, our minds interpret the sensations thta flood into our senses subcnociously. Although out senses are important source about the world, they dont reflect reality. Our 5 senses/ wnidows act like a filter, which structure or twists the reality; so therefore our senses are sometimes unrealible.
Richard van de lagemaat points out that "Perception consist of 2 elements: sensation adn interpretation, but we are often not conciously aware of the latter element." By looking at visual illusions, we are aware that interpretation plays an important role in perception. E.g. we have a natural tendency to look for meanings in what we see and goup our perceptual experences together into shapes and patetrns. Perception is also selective in a way how our mind treats "less engaging" things as the background against which what we are interested in stands our (we usually notice intense and contrasting stimulus). What we see also depends on subjective factors like oru interest, mood, feelings and emotions. All these factors can determine what show up through our perception, as the pattern of our interest changes, so does what we perceive. As a result, we are all seeing only what we want to see and therefore uor sense are partial and we can't simply take the evidence of our snese as the absolute reality. Not only that our senses cometimes mislead us, they are also selective and can be altered by our beliefs and discriminations.
To get a better understanding of the relationship between perception and realiy, we need to look at 3 different theories. (1) Common-sense realism; which believes "what you see is what is there." That means the way we perceive the world reflects the way the world is. (2) Scientific realism; which believes in "atoms in the empty space." Scientists think that reality is a colroless, soundless and odorless realm of atoms dashing around in a void. (3) Phenomenalism; which believes "to be is to be perceived." That is, al knowledge must ultimately based on experience. For example, Gailleo once said "The tickle is not in the feather." What jhe means is that tyhe tickle is simply a subjective experience that results from the niteraction between your skin receptors and the feather. Some people are not even afraid of tickling at all.
In conclusion, I believe our 5 senses are partial windows between reality and ourselves. The culture we come frmo, our past experiences, the environemnt aruohd us, the things we do everyday all affect the way we see the world. For our senses to be unbiased, we would have to strip away the interpretation that our sense-organs inflict on it.
Sound - Edward R, Ben, Edward T
Hearing is the universal alerting sense in all vertebrates. Sound is so important because animals are able to hear events all around them, no matter where their attention is focused. Sound is also a vital transportation / communicaiton method used by humans / animals alike. Bats pick up ultrasound emmited by themselves to travel and hunt. Dolphins identify prey and objects by using ultrasound. Humans communicating by using sound which becomes the basis of all language.
Sound is a 360 sense. It has the most coverage out of all the senses eg. you may hear an explosion from a long distance away but you may not be able to see it, smell it, or taste it. It isn't primarily focused in one certain direction at one time. For example if a car was coming at you from behind and you were deaf you wouldn't know that it was there and you would be run over. But with sound you would hear it coming and dive out the way. Sound is also a vital part of music as it is very influential to the sub-conciousness of the human mind. If you only had 1 sense left, sound would probably be the most effective sense to live off of. eg. blind people can hear the world in strange ways.
FUN FACTS :D D: :D
- In Africa, a tribe of people call Maabans live in such quiet that they can hear a whisper from across a baseball field ‹ even when they are very old.
- Sound travels at the speed of 1130 feet per second, or 770 miles per hour.
- At 115 dB, a baby's cry is louder than a car horn.
- It does not matter if you like the sounds you are exposed to. An orchestra playing Mozart at 120 dB will damage your hearing as quickly as Metallica playing at 120 dB.
- The hearing of a dog is more sensitive than humans. Dogs can hear much higher frequencies, which is why they respond to "silent" dog whistles.
Sound is a 360 sense. It has the most coverage out of all the senses eg. you may hear an explosion from a long distance away but you may not be able to see it, smell it, or taste it. It isn't primarily focused in one certain direction at one time. For example if a car was coming at you from behind and you were deaf you wouldn't know that it was there and you would be run over. But with sound you would hear it coming and dive out the way. Sound is also a vital part of music as it is very influential to the sub-conciousness of the human mind. If you only had 1 sense left, sound would probably be the most effective sense to live off of. eg. blind people can hear the world in strange ways.
FUN FACTS :D D: :D
- In Africa, a tribe of people call Maabans live in such quiet that they can hear a whisper from across a baseball field ‹ even when they are very old.
- Sound travels at the speed of 1130 feet per second, or 770 miles per hour.
- At 115 dB, a baby's cry is louder than a car horn.
- It does not matter if you like the sounds you are exposed to. An orchestra playing Mozart at 120 dB will damage your hearing as quickly as Metallica playing at 120 dB.
- The hearing of a dog is more sensitive than humans. Dogs can hear much higher frequencies, which is why they respond to "silent" dog whistles.
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