Ted Talk Video Analysis

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Sensation and perception are two very different things, that when used together help our brains string together a reality. Sensation is the use of our physical stimuli such as our nose, eyes, ears, and touch. This is where our perception comes in to use these tools to select, organize, and interrupt this information. In the Ted Talk video he states “your perception is not always reality”, which can be a hard concept to grasp and raises a lot of questions. I know people come from all walks of life and backgrounds and have seen different things, and know different things to be true, but how differently do others see the world from me? How drastic are these different perceptions of reality? The video discusses two main differences in our perceptions,